One in five UK adults still flush wet wipes
Despite 76% of adults being aware of the environmental harm, nearly one in five admit to…
Tag: plastic
Fukushima now turning rice into low carbon plastic?
The rice that cannot be consumed is being used as plastic by businesses across Japan
Plastic from seaweed backed by Prince William
A London start-up has won the £1m Earthshot Prize for its plastic alternative
How much waste does Halloween produce?
With everyone dressing up and going trick-or-treating tonight, what's the environmental impact?
Petition grows against Coca-Cola as COP27 sponsor
The company has been labelled the world’s largest plastic polluter in the past
Chinese COVID tests caused 5.4m tonnes of GHG emissions
This is the carbon footprint of more than 9bn tests taken in two years
‘World’s first’ large scale plastic recycling plant set up in UK
It's expected to process more than 20,000 tonnes of plastic waste in its first year alone
‘Petrochemicals need $759bn to become net zero’
The investment must be made into carbon capture and electrification, a new report warns
LG Chem develops flame-retardant plastic for electric vehicles
When used in battery components, the advanced flame barrier product is said to be resistant to…
The Carbon Column – Bottled Water: Can it or Keep it?
In my first of a regular column I look at the true picture around plastic water bottles, are…
