15th January 2018 | Recycling
New measures by Britain to turn the tide on plastic waste do not go far enough, environmentalists said on Friday. Unveiling a new environmental agenda, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday Britain would eradicate avoidable plastic waste in the next quarter-century. The moves – including extending a 5p charge for a single-use plastic bag…Read more
11th January 2018 | Recycling
Theresa May has announced a war on plastic waste, with proposed policies including plastics-free aisles in supermarkets and a tax on takeaway containers. The prime minister set out her ambition to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste within 25 years in a speech in which she promised the UK would lead internationally on environmental issues. But…Read more
6th January 2018 | Recycling
The Resource Association has called on the government to take “bold and radical” leadership on the issue of plastic waste light of the new Chinese restrictions on the import of waste materials implemented at the start of the month. Complete bans on 24 grades of solid waste, which were announce in July, were adopted on…Read more
5th January 2018 | Recycling
MPs have called for a 25p “latte levy” to be added to the prices of a takeaway coffee to cut back on the billions of disposable cups thrown away each year in the UK. The environmental audit committee said in a report, that the government should also set a target to ensure all paper coffee…Read more
2nd January 2018 | Commercial Energy
The UK smashed 13 clean energy records last year in the “greenest year ever” for electricity production in the country, according to WWF analysis of National Grid data. The sweep of new records was powered by the rise of green energy on the system, WWF said last week, with highlights including the first full day…Read more