plastic

Annual beach clean finds increased levels of PPE

Iceland and Britvic announce new sustainable packaging moves

Ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds comes into force

‘Super-enzyme’ that eats plastic ‘significant leap forward’ in pollution crisis

Earl and Countess of Wessex take children litter picking on beach

Morrisons considers ditching plastic ‘bags for life’ for paper alternative

Amount of plastic ending up in the oceans ‘could nearly triple by 2040’

Particles from vehicle tyres found in marine environment

Plastic found in almost four in 10 seabird nests on uninhabited island

Satellites used to identify plastics floating in ocean

Plastic straws, stirrers and cotton bud ban delayed

Man-made litter still affecting protected coastal areas, study finds

Welsh Government plans to ban single-use plastics

From Russian bug spray to a bin called Pete – odd finds on UK beaches

Government’s plastics policies ‘failing to tackle root of the problem’

British Airways reveals plastic reduction target

Woman’s lost mixtape washes up on beach nearly 25 years later

Tesco to scrap plastic-wrapped multipacks

Asda to offer refill stations at ‘sustainability store’

Supermarket plastic rises above 900,000 tonnes a year despite reduction pledges