The funding is part of the US Government’s Plastics Innovation Challenge aimed to accelerate innovations in plastics recycling technologies

The solar-powered Interceptor 001 has been deployed at the Cengkareng drain in Jakarta on a trial run since May 2019.

Geminor has called for a joint effort to maintain the management and treatment of waste streams and encouraged all industry players to implement a contingency plan

Three-quarters of businesses in the Cowcross Street area of Islington have permanently reduced the amount of single-use plastic they use and offer to customers

Waste disposal firm BusinessWaste suggests a lack of bin options on trains wastes resources and costs passengers more money

The NLWA is urging people to upcycle unwanted items rather than dump them or buy new ones, in order to help avoid massive volumes of waste clogging up landfill sites

The pharmaceutical retailer has also committed to reduce the plastic packaging used in its online deliveries by 76%

The firms are working together with Notpla to tackle plastic pollution in a new trial across London

The Welsh initiative involves rubbish being split into a bag for cardboard, a box for paper, a bag for plastic and metal packaging, a box for food waste, a box for glass and a clear bag for small batteries

The firm will remove single-use plastic water bottles and plastic cups from its Inns estate by the end of 2019