Roadside litter campaign launched to protect wildlife

National Highways and partners have launched a campaign urging road users to bin their litter after revealing a link between roadside littering and wildlife fatalities

“Bottled water contaminated with 240,000 nanoplastic pieces”

A study exposes widespread presence of nearly a quarter million invisible nanoplastics per litre in common bottled water

New York state files lawsuit against PepsiCo for alleged plastic pollution

New York state is suing PepsiCo, alleging its role in plastic pollution along Buffalo River, with the company identified as a major contributor

Britons to get cash to return plastic bottles

The government has given the go-ahead to the deposit return scheme to tackle plastic waste

UK to launch ‘cash for plastic trash’ scheme

People will be paid to collect recyclable rubbish, including cans and plastic bottles

Petition grows against Coca-Cola as COP27 sponsor

The company has been labelled the world’s largest plastic polluter in the past

Aldi pays back customers for recycled plastic bottles

Customers are able to return plastic or glass bottles and aluminium cans in exchange for vouchers worth up to £5

EU registers initiative calling for deposit scheme for plastic bottles recycling

If the organisers receive one million statements of support within a year from at least seven different member states for the ‘ReturnthePlastics’ initiative, the Commission will have to react

Australia grants $16.5m for its ‘biggest’ PET plastics recycling facility

It will have the capacity to recycle the equivalent of an estimated one billion PET bottles a year

Plastic waste gets a vanilla flavour!

Scientists have developed a method to upcycle PET plastic into vanillin, a flavour compound used in the food and cosmetic industries