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This is part of a campaign, which aims to raise awareness about the risk of microplastics spreading in the air, water and food chain

Worryingly, researchers expect the global generation of electronic waste to grow to 74.7Mt by 2030

The waste management firm says the 30MW project will create jobs, power 75,000 homes and save 65,000 tonnes of carbon emissions a year compared with sending the waste to landfill

The sale of disposable products such as plastic plates, straws, stirring sticks, cotton buds and plastic balloon sticks will soon be prohibited

Staggering 41 tonnes of rubbish left on Bournemouth’s beaches in just 48 hours

A new zero-emissions water taxi project will benefit from the funding announced by BEIS

That’s the suggestion from clinical waste collection company Business Waste, which suggests up to 80% of domestic and business bins contain possibly hazardous COVID-19-contaminated rubbish

The plan includes measures to build more net zero homes, to expand low carbon heating and to maximise the potential of the city’s waste management system

That’s the conclusion reached in a new report from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the University of Plymouth, which suggests tyres are a previously largely unrecorded source of microplastics in the marine environment

The 103MW waste-to-energy facility will have capacity for a volume of approximately 340,000 tonnes of household waste every year