Water Pollution rules relaxed for housing developers

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,...

What is wishcycling and what can we actually recycle?

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...

Is there plastic in our food?

Microplastics, containing harmful chemicals, are formed when plastic items break down. Microplastics are less than 5mm in length and have the ability to leach...

British Businesses and the Net Zero review

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...

England to ban single-use plastic cutlery and plates

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...

Indian Premier League’s Green Protocol

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...

The problem with Coca Cola’s sponsorship of COP27

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...

5 billion mobile phones to become E-waste

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...

How much food do supermarkets throw away?

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....

Tesco to halve food waste by 2025

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...
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Is there plastic in our food?

Is there plastic in our food?

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...

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