Feb 2 2 min Colgate introduces manual toothbrush with a reusable handle and 80% less plastic Over 495 million adult manual toothbrushes were purchased in the U.S. in 2020 and will likely end up in landfill because they cannot be...
Jan 30 1 min Smarties packaging in switch to recyclable paper, 250 million plastic packs now made from paper Smarties packaging has changed from plastic to paper worldwide, according to the manufacturer Nestlé. This move means that 250 million...
Jan 29 4 min General Motors sets goal of 100% electric by 2035 GM announced that it plans to become carbon neutral in its global products and operations by 2040 and has committed to setting...
Jan 27 0 min Norway has a 97% recycling rate and is 10 years ahead of the EU's 2029 plastic bottle target date
Jan 27 1 min Elon Musk to offer $100 million prize for 'best' carbon capture technology Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the...
Jan 27 3 min Waitrose ranked first for efforts to reduce plastics in Greenpeace report as it confirms latest plan Waitrose has ranked first in Greenpeace’s annual league table, for the second year in a row, which looks at how supermarkets are reducing...
Jan 27 3 min The world’s biggest diesel engine factory switches to electric motors From less than 10% of output in 2020, electric motor production at Tremery will double to around 180,000 in 2021, and is planned to reach...
Jan 22 1 min Heinz removes plastic from all multipack canned products with PEFC certified paperboard Heinz continues to remove plastic from supermarket shelves with the launch of a convenient & skinny cardboard sleeves on all multipack...
Jan 20 3 min Seagrass collects up to 900 million plastic items in the Mediterranean Sea each year There is strong evidence that the seafloor constitutes a final sink for plastics from land sources. There is also evidence that part of...
Jan 15 3 min European Union’s food safety agency says worms are safe to eat Today’s batch of EFSA scientific opinions on novel food applications includes the first completed assessment of a proposed insect-derived...
