Two-thirds (66 per cent) of Scots support introducing charges to help cut down on the use of single-use plastic items, according to a survey conducted for Zero Waste Scotland by YouGov.
The harm caused to the marine environment by single-use plastics was highlighted as the biggest factor, cited by 89 per cent of those who support a price addition similar to the carrier bag charge.
Among the waste priorities for this year’s spending review are increasing recycling, EPR for packaging waste, a DRS and implementing food waste collections across all councils in England
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced that ten university-led projects will receive funding to tackle plastic pollution under the Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) Challenge.
OOPS!, the new retail operation of frozen food supplier KPFF, has launched its first two stores in Preston and Bolton, with plans to roll out a further 30 stores around the UK in 2021.
With over half of the UK public agreeing that sustainability is a key factor in choosing the clothes they wear, WRAP has urged UK businesses to demonstrate their commitment to tackling the carbon footprint of producing clothes by joining Textiles 2030.
Green Alliance research finds that identifying and penalising producers of low-quality electronics could drive efficiencies annually worth up to 800,000 tonnes of avoided carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.
The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment has announced a 2 per cent rise in beverage recycling rates, marking fourteen years of annual increases.
