Living This Glasgow-based artist is the founder of the 'Plastic Bag Museum' Katrina Cobain is making plastic bags a thing of the past by locking them away in a museum. 04/11/2020
Green News A handful of items hold the key to plastic problem, says Greenpeace By focusing on a few key products, supermarkets could halve their plastic use by 2025. 04/09/2020
Green News Major British supermarket set to ditch plastic bags for good Morrisons' new super-strong paper bag can carry 13 wine bottles in one go. 17/08/2020
Green News How much plastic do you actually throw away every year? Even if you've ditched plastic bottles and straws, you might be surprised to see your full plastic problem. 15/07/2020
Green News Family rescue bear with head trapped inside plastic container The Wisconsin family never thought their fishing trip would turn into saving a bear's life. 29/06/2020
Living Designer fills London store with 90,000 plastic bottles Instead of launching with a flashy London Fashion Week event, Anya Hindmarch used her platform to raise awareness. 20/02/2020
Green News Is your reusable tote worse for the environment than a plastic bag? Just how many times do you have to use a 'bag for life' to make it worth it. 22/01/2020
Living The dirty subject one photographer wants to remind us of Elizabeth Hoff releases powerful photos of models swimming in plastic, showing the pollution destroying our oceans. 09/10/2019
Green News Watch: Italy's answer to the problem with plastic Testing is being carried out to confirm bioplastics disintegrate in the sea without harming aquaculture. 10/07/2019
Living Essentials: 10 Items for an easy packaging free shop We recommend a few essentials to make your packaging free weekly shop a breeze 09/07/2019
Green News Quiz: How plastic-free are you? We've given you our tips, we're putting you to the test during Plastic-Free July with our 'How plastic-free are you?' quiz 02/07/2019
world news Why we’re finally raging against plastic | NBC Left Field Plastic bag and straw bans arrived in full force in 2018 across the planet — why did we suddenly become conscious of plastic waste? 17/05/2019
Green News Deepest ever dive made by man into the Mariana trench unearths plastic One man reached the deepest point in the ocean, only to find litter and sweet wrappers. 14/05/2019
United Kingdom Watch: Biodegradable bags are not truly biodegradable, new study says The study examined the degradation of five plastic bag materials widely available from high street retailers in the UK. 03/05/2019
View Action to tackle climate change must be based on evidence not fanaticism ǀ View Protestors on the streets of London perhaps had good intentions. But action on climate change won't come without governments acting on scientific evidence and facts. 23/04/2019
USA New York expected to become 2nd US state to ban plastic bags "I think we're going to look back and wonder why this isn't something that was commonplace before now," said a state senator who is a leading proponent of the ban. 29/03/2019
Philippines Whale dies from “gastric shock” after ingesting 40kgs of plastic 16 rice sacks, 4 banana bags and multiple shopping bags were found during an autopsy of a young male Cuvier’s beaked whale that washed up on a beach in the Philippines 18/03/2019
Green News Could this boat solve the world's problems with plastic waste? A colourful traditional sailing boat has been made up of millions of pieces of plastic to raise awareness of plastic pollution. 29/10/2018
Living Plastic-free bathroom essentials Reduce the amount of waste with these environmentally sound bathroom staples 28/10/2018
Living These fashion brands give new life to ghost fishing nets Trendy labels preserving natural resources by avoiding the extraction of crude oil, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption, and diverting waste from landfills. 23/10/2018
Good Morning Europe Plastic waste on remote South Atlantic islands ten times greater than a decade ago, research says Ten times more plastic is washing up onto the shores of remote South Atlantic islands than a decade ago, according to new research published in the journal Current Biology. 09/10/2018
