Plastic Waste

Single-Use Plastic Waste Rises From 2019 To 2021, Despite Pledges

Polluting single-use plastic production rose by six million tonnes per year from 2019 to 2021 despite tougher worldwide regulations, with producers making...

Tesco Uses Discarded Plastic Collected From Coastal Areas For Packaging

Tesco has announced that plastic waste such as drinks bottles which is at risk of getting into the sea, is now being collected and recycled and used again...

Valio To Switch To Tethered Caps For Liquid Product Packaging

Finnish dairy firm Valio will switch to tethered caps for its drinkable products as it seeks to comply with the requirements of the EU single-use plastics...

Tackling Plastic Waste With The Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Progress is being made in terms of addressing plastic waste, but the business sector still has a long way to go. ESM spoke to Sander Defruyt, lead of the N...

Wholesaler Metro Enters Second Year Of Collaboration With Plastic Bank

German wholesaler Metro AG has commenced the second year of its multi-year collaboration with Plastic Bank to recover plastic waste before it reaches the o...

Jumbo Introduces Deposit On Juice And Smoothies In Plastic Bottles

Dutch retailer Jumbo is set to introduce a voluntary deposit on all own-brand juice and smoothie bottles.

SPAR Zimbabwe Rolls Out Shopping Bags Made Of Recycled Milk Cartons

SPAR Zimbabwe is offering a recyclable SPAR carrier bag made from recycled SPAR UHT Milk cartons, produced entirely by hand by the Clean Marondera (CM) gro...

Mondelēz International Advances Plastic Waste Collection Efforts

Mondelēz International has joined the Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF) as a limited partner and has announced plans to support scalable business solutio...

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Plastic Waste

Single-Use Plastic Waste Rises From 2019 To 2021, Despite Pledges

Tesco Uses Discarded Plastic Collected From Coastal Areas For Packaging

Valio To Switch To Tethered Caps For Liquid Product Packaging

Tackling Plastic Waste With The Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Wholesaler Metro Enters Second Year Of Collaboration With Plastic Bank

Jumbo Introduces Deposit On Juice And Smoothies In Plastic Bottles

SPAR Zimbabwe Rolls Out Shopping Bags Made Of Recycled Milk Cartons

Mondelēz International Advances Plastic Waste Collection Efforts

Iceland Foods Commits To Being UK's First Plastic Neutral Supermarket

Coca-Cola Trials Refillable Beverage Solutions In Sweden

Deutsche Umwelthilfe Criticises Boycott Of Reusable Packaging

Wholesaler Metro Teams Up With Plastic Bank On Waste Collection Plans

Plastic Bank Prevents One Billionth Plastic Bottle From Entering The Ocean

Mercadona Replaces Disposable Plastic Kitchenware With Sustainable Alternatives

Ahold Delhaize Announces New Health And Sustainability Goals