According to Greenpeace, less than 10% of plastic packaging that the things we buy is wrapped in gets recycled in the UK. The latest data published by Statista, we recycled 43.8% of plastic packaging waste in the UK in 2018. The … Continue reading →
The Big Plastic Count aims to push the UK government, brands and supermarkets to take bold action to tackle the plastic crisis. Greenpeace and Everyday Plastic are working together to create the UK’s biggest nationwide investigation into household plastic waste. … Continue reading →
Plastic is a form of carbon and therefore a potential source of food, but most plastics are highly resistant to degradation which is one reason they are so useful. For example, the predicted lifetime of a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle … Continue reading →
Gabrielle Back of Rotary Club is running Recycled Angels 2020/21. The project is made up of several Parts, including the schools recycling competition, Community collages and mosaics, Recycled Angel workshops and an angel pebble trail. Schools have been invited to … Continue reading →
Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum policy conference on Tuesday, 22nd September 2020 will discuss Next steps for reducing food waste and plastic packaging – innovation and latest initiatives, responsibility and accountability, and priorities for policy. Speakers with Nicola Hopley, Food … Continue reading →
Plastfree Sanitary Pads are premium, eco-friendly, organic, ultra-absorbent sanitary pads. Two years of research and development materialised the concept of Plastfree- realising “Plastic has no place in periods.” At least one less single use plastic product will not burden the … Continue reading →
World Against Single Use Plastics (WASUP) is the brainchild of Professor Abdul Rasheed Gatrad, Professor in Paediatrics at the Universities of Kentucky, USA, and Wolverhampton, UK. Originally called Walsall Against Single Use Plastics at its launch last year it has … Continue reading →
Ella Daish is an activist and environmentalist who has been campaigning since early 2018 to eliminate all plastic from menstrual products. Her award winning campaign has over 200,000 signatures and is going from strength to strength with supermarkets and manufacturers … Continue reading →
2beplasticfree will be hosting a Pop up Shop at Emily’s Cafe, Earlsdon High Street from 4:30-8pm on the first Thursday of every month. They offer a wide variety of plastic-free alternatives and refillable cleaning products including washing up liquid, laundry … Continue reading →
The World Health Organisation published a report on Microplastics in drinking-water in 2019. Studies reporting the presence of microplastics in treated tap and bottled water have raised questions and concerns about the impact that microplastics in drinking-water might have on … Continue reading →