Plastic Pollution Archives

Tray with five new recyclable delivery bowls: three are round, two with lids stacked on top of one another, the third is open showing food; one oval bowl has lid, other displays food inside. Chopsticks and Wagamama branded napkins in foreground

August 17, 2022 Jim McClelland

Packaging: cutting plastic and carbon from katsu curry

News: Sustainable packaging launch by restaurant chain will cut 330 tonnes of virgin plastic from supply chain and waste stream every year.

Plastic bottles and other debris pictured on shoreline by water's edge.

March 29, 2022 Jim McClelland

Plastic pollution: ‘Future of Packaging’ in The Times

Future of Packaging: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper asks whether it is time for mandatory measures to tackle plastic pollution.

March 16, 2022 Jim McClelland

Venture capital backs eco-friendly period care

News: Period care has a plastic problem; so, ESG-based venture capital is investing in eco-friendly menstrual healthcare for a green economy.

White single-use carrier bag littered in natural environment, caught on twigs and branches.

February 23, 2022 Jim McClelland

Pollution on rise as only 9% plastic waste recycled

News: Pollution on rise, as report reveals that 22% of global plastic waste is mismanaged or littered and only 9% gets recycled.

Row of plastic bottles on a factory production line

May 26, 2021 Jim McClelland

Packaging Tax: ‘Future of Plastics’ in The Times

Plastic Packaging Tax: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper asks whether UK Government is doing enough to stem the tide of pollution.

Graphic representation of molecular structure of graphene

November 26, 2020 Jim McClelland

First biodegradable non-plastic packaging to use graphene

News: UK biotech firm uses graphene to launch world’s first biodegradable, compostable, commercially viable alternative to plastic packaging.

November 12, 2020 Jim McClelland

Bioplastic tree shelters to solve planting waste problem

News: UK bioplastics firm secures funding from Government-backed agency to develop and test new generation of biodegradable tree shelters.

Marine debris that was washed ashore covers a beach on Laysan Island in the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge. (Susan White/USFWS)

July 16, 2020 Jim McClelland

Half million people petition Amazon to offer plastic-free packaging

News: Survey of Amazon customers in UK, US and Canada flags fears about plastic pollution, as 500,000+ people sign petition for plastic-free packaging.

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