Water pollution is potentially set to rise in the UK. There has been an outcry across the UK as the government has confirmed the relaxation of the rules, within England for those developing new houses, when it comes to water pollution. Michael Gove, the UK’s Secretary...
Wishcycling is the process of sticking an item in the recycling bin with hopes that it will be recycled and not sent to landfill. Without you knowing whether it can be recycled or not. But this isn’t necessarily our fault. According to a study carried out by...
Microplastics, containing harmful chemicals, are formed when plastic items break down. Microplastics are less than 5mm in length and have the ability to leach into our waterways due to their size. Scientists have found microplastics in our oceans, the ice in the...
On Friday the 13th of January, the Mission Zero Report, the UK’s review for net zero, was published. The report was commissioned in October 2022 under Liz Truss’s Government, in order assess how businesses could work towards the UK Government’s legally binding 2050...
After Scotland banned single-use plastics on the 12th of August 2022 and Wales confirmed they were banning the same in 2023, the UK Government has now confirmed that England will follow suit. The date for the ban to commence has not yet been declared, however the UK...
In 2018, the Indian Premier League released its zero-waste concept, also known as the Green Protocol. The protocol was put into place to reduce the amount of waste that reaches landfill from cricket stadiums in India. The protocol came into action due to an agreement...
One of COP27’s biggest sponsors is Coca Cola. Coca Cola has been described as being the ‘world’s top polluter’, due to its incredibly high plastic use. The aim of the COP events is to find ways to combat climate change, and many believe that allowing Coca Cola to be a...
By the end of 2022, globally, we will have sent 5.3 billion mobile phones to landfill this year alone, according to the international Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Forum. we will have sent 5.3 billion mobile phones to landfill this year alone This...
Supermarkets are one of the leading causes of food waste in the UK, yearly supermarkets throw away the equivalent of roughly 190,000 meals of edible food. With 14 million people living below the poverty line, and many of these people facing hunger, this amount of food...
Tesco had previously pledged to reduce its food waste by half before 2030. The supermarket giant has now moved this forward five years and has made a new pledge to halve food waste by 2025. Tesco have pledged to halve food waste by 2025. In order to encourage work...
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