Reducing plastic use seems like one of the easiest environmental actions people can take. We re-use bags, put takeout coffee in our own mugs or recycle our plastic bottles, and feel good...

Water means life. Think of diverse organisms, lush vegetation... and, don’t you dare to forget the plastic, almost an indispensable part of the water inventory nowadays. We have long been accustomed to bottles,...

My name is Nathalie Wamja and I am a Greenpeace volunteer based in Douala, Cameroon. I would like to tell you how plastic pollution is wreaking havoc in my community, and causing a...

Every September, on International Coastal Cleanup Day in Jamaica, plastic is the most collected material. In 2019, the top 10 items collected were all single-use plastic and polystyrene (foam) waste, anything from...

A Kenyan entrepreneur is being lauded by the UN for developing a machine that recycles discarded plastic into paving stones for use in construction projects. Nzambi Matee’s invention not only keeps plastic out...

Canada will ban a range of single-use plastic products by the end of next year. The ban will focus on six items that are often found in the environment, are often not recycled...

Compostable and biodegradable plastics could add to marine pollution because there is no infrastructure in place to make sure they break down correctly, a committee of MPs has warned.The use of alternatives...

Wimbledon is hoping to cut down on the amount of plastic waste generated at this year's tennis championships.One big change is that all of the water bottles sold and given out at...

A new £65 million plastic recycling plant will be powered by electricity made from non-recyclable rubbish. Pennon Group, the parent company of waste giant Viridor, will use power generated from its £252 million...

P&G brands Ariel and Lenor have committed to reducing plastic packaging use across Europe by 30% before 2025.The parent company claims the amount of plastic saved by 2025 as a result of...

Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans costs up to $2.5 billion (£1.9bn) a year in damaged and lost resources. That’s according to a new study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, which suggests industries...

The European parliament has voted to ban single-use plastic cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers as part of a sweeping law against plastic waste that despoils beaches and pollutes oceans.The vote by...

The global effort to reduce plastic production and waste often focuses on the use of specific items – straws, single-use grocery bags – or on the challenge of recycling or how to...

Adidas has announced plans to more than double the amount of shoes it is making from recycled plastic waste in 2019. The trainer and fashion brand aims to produce 11 million pairs of...

The plastic waste in our oceans is a major environmental problem thanks to humans tossing out single-use items like take-out containers, plastic straws, water bottles and plastic bags. But there is also...

The brand is opening an entirely plastic free shop in Manchester this Friday.Lush is to launch what it claims is the UK’s first plastic packaging-free cosmetics shop in Manchester this Friday. The ‘Naked’ shop will...