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Plastic pollution

Would you buy a record sleeve without the vinyl inside? It's one way to reduce plastic
Record Store Day

Would you buy a record sleeve without the vinyl inside? It's one way to reduce plastic

Record sales are still on the up. But is there a way for fans to support artists in a more sustainable way?
Plastic recycling is failing – here’s how the world must respond
Plastic recycling has a much higher cost than you realise.

Plastic recycling is failing – here’s how the world must respond

Meet the woman with a 'radical' solution to water pollution
Lizzie Carr, founder of Planet Patrol, sitting on a paddle board
Water pollution

Meet the woman with a 'radical' solution to water pollution

Government 'risks harm to health and environment' by not banning disposable vapes
Pollution

Government 'risks harm to health and environment' by not banning disposable vapes

Ever thought about earning money from recycling? Bower Recycling is making it happen.
Recycling

Ever thought about earning money from recycling? Bower Recycling is making it happen.

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Westminster is ‘failing’ to tackle plastic waste if it seeks to block Scottish recycling scheme
plastic bottles packed for recycling
Recycling

Westminster is ‘failing’ to tackle plastic waste if it seeks to block Scottish recycling scheme

Looking to be more sustainable? Here's our top 10 tips to reduce your carbon emissions
airbus plane in the sky releasing carbon emissions
Carbon Footprint

Looking to be more sustainable? Here's our top 10 tips to reduce your carbon emissions

Scientists have found a way to convert plastics and CO2 into sustainable fuels using solar power
(Left to right) researchers Erwin Reisner, Subhajit Bhattacharjee, Motiar Rahaman standing in a lab with their sustainable fuel reactor
Science

Scientists have found a way to convert plastics and CO2 into sustainable fuels using solar power

Cash for cans? What you need to know about the government's new recycling reward scheme
Plastic bottle waste set for recycling in Delhi.
Recycling

Cash for cans? What you need to know about the government's new recycling reward scheme

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Environment
Grazing goats of Bournemouth
Changemakers 2023

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Environment

The environmental campaigner on a mission to ban disposable vapes
Laura Young (left); Collection of Lost Mary square vapes (right)
Pollution

The environmental campaigner on a mission to ban disposable vapes

Why buying vegan leather isn't as sustainable as you might think
leather jacket
Sustainability

Why buying vegan leather isn't as sustainable as you might think

Meet the inventors 'on a mission to make plastic disappear' – with seaweed
Two mean smile while holding sheets of seaweed up by their heads
Plastic

Meet the inventors 'on a mission to make plastic disappear' – with seaweed

'I'm concerned for the future': Beach cleaners on their battle to sort out Britain's coastline
Environment

'I'm concerned for the future': Beach cleaners on their battle to sort out Britain's coastline

100 billion pieces of plastic packaging are thrown away every year in the UK
Plastic bottles
Plastic pollution

100 billion pieces of plastic packaging are thrown away every year in the UK

How bad is plastic pollution - and what can I do about it?
Soft drinks bottles are one of the easiest items to recycle and reduce plastic pollution
Plastic pollution

How bad is plastic pollution - and what can I do about it?

Nurdles: The invisible plastic pollution problem
Nurdle pellets
Nurdles

Nurdles: The invisible plastic pollution problem

How you can act on ocean pollution this World Oceans Day
Fish among corals
World Oceans Day

How you can act on ocean pollution this World Oceans Day

How we can prevent ocean plastic pollution by improving UK recycling systems
World Oceans Day

How we can prevent ocean plastic pollution by improving UK recycling systems

Why you should count your plastic waste to help fight pollution
Pile of plastic items
Plastic pollution

Why you should count your plastic waste to help fight pollution

What do recycling symbols actually mean - and what can I recycle?
Recycling

What do recycling symbols actually mean - and what can I recycle?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
What 4,756,940 pieces of Lego lost at sea tell us about our attitudes to plastic pollution
Environment

What 4,756,940 pieces of Lego lost at sea tell us about our attitudes to plastic pollution

England’s polluted rivers are breeding drug-resistant diseases
River pollution

England’s polluted rivers are breeding drug-resistant diseases

France has banned plastic packaging on fruit and veg - why can’t the UK?
Plastic pollution

France has banned plastic packaging on fruit and veg - why can’t the UK?

Tory MPs vote to allow water firms to carry on dumping sewage in rivers
The River Derwent. Tory MPs voted down amendments to stop water companies dumping sewage in rivers and seas. Photo: © Malcolm Coils (cc-by-sa/2.0)
Environment

Tory MPs vote to allow water firms to carry on dumping sewage in rivers

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