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Greenpeace Campaign on Plastic Waste Crisis

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 15/11/2022 by Philip Brown15/11/2022

The government has made it clear that they’re not currently serious about tackling the plastic crisis. Not only did they miss the legal deadline to publish environmental targets last month, they also admitted they’ve got no plans to set a … Continue reading →

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Why is recycling plastic so difficult?

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 02/08/2022 by Philip Brown02/08/2022

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 →

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Join the Big Plastic Count

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 31/03/2022 by Philip Brown24/05/2022

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 →

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Bacteria are evolving to degrade plastics

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 19/01/2022 by Philip Brown19/01/2022

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 →

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Creative Recycling Community Project

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 04/02/2021 by Philip Brown03/03/2021

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 →

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Reducing food waste and plastic packaging conference

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 31/07/2020 by Philip Brown31/07/2020

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 →

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Plastfree Sanitary Pads

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 25/07/2020 by Philip Brown25/07/2020

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 →

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WASUP

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 24/07/2020 by Philip Brown03/03/2021

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 →

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Plastic-free Periods Campaign

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 09/03/2020 by Philip Brown09/03/2020

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 →

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2BePlasticFree Pop-Up Shop

Coventry Climate Action Network Posted on 09/03/2020 by Philip Brown09/03/2020

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 →

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