Plastic pollution
Why you should count your plastic waste to help fight pollution
Why you should count your plastic waste to help fight pollution
Running this week, the Big Plastic Count can help you understand what waste you produce – and fight plastic pollution more widely.
What do recycling symbols actually mean – and what can I recycle?
What do recycling symbols actually mean – and what can I recycle?
Recycling doesn’t have to be a headache. Here’s everything you need to know about deciphering the symbols, codes and rules on packaging.
What 4,756,940 pieces of Lego lost at sea tell us about our attitudes to plastic pollution
What 4,756,940 pieces of Lego lost at sea tell us about our attitudes to plastic pollution
In 1997, a shipping container holding millions of Lego pieces fell into the sea. As they washed ashore, Tracey Williams began to record what she found… and she’s still going.
England’s polluted rivers are breeding drug-resistant diseases
England’s polluted rivers are breeding drug-resistant diseases
How can I take action on plastic pollution?
How can I take action on plastic pollution?
France has banned plastic packaging on fruit and veg – why can’t the UK?
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
Tory MPs vote to allow water firms to carry on dumping sewage in rivers
Coca-Cola and McDonalds plastic pollution dominates UK coastline
Coca-Cola and McDonalds plastic pollution dominates UK coastline
Scientists are turning plastic pollution into vanilla flavouring
Scientists are turning plastic pollution into vanilla flavouring
Turkey bans plastic waste imports following environmental campaign
Turkey bans plastic waste imports following environmental campaign
UK sends thousands of tonnes of plastic to Turkey to be burned every year
UK sends thousands of tonnes of plastic to Turkey to be burned every year
Boris Johnson urged to ban plastic waste exports as majority of Brits opposed
Boris Johnson urged to ban plastic waste exports as majority of Brits opposed
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This is how you can fight plastic pollution in the UK’s biggest beach clean
This is how you can fight plastic pollution in the UK’s biggest beach clean
Reducing plastic bottle use ‘should be part of building back greener’
Reducing plastic bottle use ‘should be part of building back greener’
UK waterways polluted by microplastics, study finds
UK waterways polluted by microplastics, study finds
The food industry must take greater responsibility for single-use plastics
