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Sell fresh uncut produce loose and without best before dates, report recommends

UK retailers should sell fresh uncut fruit and vegetables without best before dates or plastic packaging to prevent 14 million shopping baskets worth of food from going to waste, a report has recommended. Selling fresh produce loose and without best ...

24 Feb 2022 at 02:25

McDonald’s ditching plastic cutlery for paper versions in all UK restaurants

McDonald’s is axing plastic cutlery in favour of paper-based spoons, knives and forks across England and Wales. The fast-food giant said it hopes the move will eliminate 858 metric tonnes of plastic each year. The new cutlery is made from renewable,...

08 Nov 2022 at 11:25

Glitter and plastics found in stomachs of seabirds on Welsh Island

Manx shearwaters on Skomer Island in Wales are eating glitter and tiny pieces of plastic, scientists have found, raising fears that plastic ingestion is becoming widespread among this seabird species. A team of UK researchers examined the stomach ...

05 Nov 2022 at 08:17

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Repak members removed or replaced 28,500 tonnes of plastic last year

Repak announced this morning that Plastic Pledge Signatories have successfully removed or replaced 28,500 tonnes of plastic packaging from the Irish market since 2018. The announcement made at the launch of Repak's fifth annual Plastic Pledge ...

21 Sept 2023 at 14:33

Life

Earth Day: 5 surprising things that might be harming the planet

Many of us try our best to protect the planet – whether that’s eating less meat, recycling more or avoiding single-use plastic where we can. But despite all this, could some of the seemingly innocent things we regularly do potentially be ...

21 Apr 2023 at 08:57

Single-use plastic ban comes into force in Wales

Several single-use plastics have been banned from being sold across Wales as new legislation comes into force. The Welsh Government said the ban will reduce the flow of plastic pollution into the environment by prohibiting the supply of ...

30 Oct 2023 at 09:31

City

Plastic surgery chain Skin collapses amid funding crunch

Skin, one of Britain’s largest plastic surgery providers with more than 70 branches across the UK, has collapsed. Customers calling Skin’s main office number on Tuesday were told: “Unfortunately as of July 17, the Skin Group, including ...

18 Jul 2024 at 09:11

Local News

Foyle MLA urges action on single-use plastics ban

SDLP Climate Change Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has called for progress on a single-use plastics ban in the North. He was speaking after an announcement that a ban would be progressed in England before the end of the year. The products ...

11 Jan 2023 at 10:33

Labour MP suggests using plastic bag charges to fund ‘crumbling’ food banks

Money raised from plastic bag charges in supermarkets should be used to fund food banks, ministers have been told. Labour MP Barry Sheerman made the suggestion after warning “the food bank network is crumbling”. He was speaking in ...

23 Mar 2023 at 12:12

Drinks industry needs radical change to meet emissions targets, campaigners warn

Radical change is needed from policy makers if the drinks industry is to reduce emissions enough to meet 2050 net-zero targets, environment campaigners have said. As well as improved recycling for containers such as cans, plastic ...

20 Nov 2023 at 06:49

Scotland

Ministers urged to abandon ‘nonsensical’ plans for so-called latte levy

Retailers and hospitality chiefs are calling on Scottish ministers to ditch “nonsensical” plans to charge a new fee on drinks sold in single-use cups. The Scottish Government wants to bring in a charge of at least 25p when ...

14 Nov 2024 at 20:51

Ribena maker warns over shortage of recycled plastic for soft drink industry

Levels of recycled plastic in Europe need to more than treble for all soft drinks companies to switch to 100% recycled bottles, the company that makes Ribena has warned. Suntory Beverage and Food GB&I, which also makes ...

27 May 2022 at 10:48

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