Fukushima now turning rice into low carbon plastic?

The rice that cannot be consumed is being used as plastic by businesses across Japan

Plastic from seaweed backed by Prince William

A London start-up has won the £1m Earthshot Prize for its plastic alternative

How much waste does Halloween produce?

With everyone dressing up and going trick-or-treating tonight, what’s the environmental impact?

Petition grows against Coca-Cola as COP27 sponsor

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

Chinese COVID tests caused 5.4m tonnes of GHG emissions

This is the carbon footprint of more than 9bn tests taken in two years

‘World’s first’ large scale plastic recycling plant set up in UK

It’s expected to process more than 20,000 tonnes of plastic waste in its first year alone

‘Petrochemicals need $759bn to become net zero’

The investment must be made into carbon capture and electrification, a new report warns

LG Chem develops flame-retardant plastic for electric vehicles

When used in battery components, the advanced flame barrier product is said to be resistant to flames for a longer period of time

The Carbon Column – Bottled Water: Can it or Keep it?

In my first of a regular column I look at the true picture around plastic water bottles, are they really that evil?

BBC makes £300k from plastic toys despite net zero pledge

The company has committed to reaching net zero by 2030 but continues to produce magazines with plastic ‘freebies’