Business Archives - Page 4 of 7 - Plastic Generation

Scientists engineer a plastic-eating enzyme

April 15, 2019

Business, Environment, Next Generation, Packaging, Tech

By accident, Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drinks bottles. The breakthrough could solve the global plastic pollution crisis by enabling for the first time the full recycling ...

Smarter ideas for your coffee cup?

Sarah Bedwell

April 9, 2019

Business, Environment, Next Generation, Packaging, Tech

This week the BBC reported that an independent coffee chain has seen sales fall by £250,000 since it banned single-use coffee cups. The UK throws away a staggering 2.5 billion disposable coffee c...

European Union flag made of plastic straws

European Parliament votes to ban single-use plastic by 2021

Sarah Bedwell

March 29, 2019

Business, Environment, Government, Next Generation, Ocean

The European Parliament has voted to ban single-use plastic items as part of a new larger directive. A directive tackling the waste plastic found on our beaches which is ultimately polluting our oceans, seas a...

Young entrepreneur aims to remove plastic bottles forever!

Sarah Bedwell

March 29, 2019

Business, Environment, Next Generation, Packaging, Tech

NOHBO plastic-free shampoo drops puts an end to unnecessary plastic bottles When Benjamin Stern was 14 years old, he wanted to rid the world of plastic bottles. He began thinking about ways he could produc...

Austrian Airlines will turn plastic cups into crude oil

Dan Walsh

March 22, 2019

Business, Environment, Packaging, Tech

Austrian Airlines has partnered with Vienna Airport and oil and gas company OMV to send its used plastic cups to be converted into new fuels and plastics. Cabin crew will now collect the cups separately to ...

Starbucks to use “greener cups”

Dan Walsh

March 22, 2019

Business, Environment, Packaging

Coffee giant Starbucks announced today that it plans to use “greener cups” in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, and London. The company has been under pressure to change their policies surroundi...

Coca-Cola: we produce three million tonnes of plastic packaging per year

Dan Walsh

March 15, 2019

Business, Packaging

For the first time ever, global drinks brand Coca-Cola has admitted the company produces three million tonnes of plastic packaging per year. The data was shared with plastic campaigner Ellen MacArthur, who...

Buy a Shlurple, save a turtle

Dan Walsh

March 13, 2019

Business, Packaging

It's a video that resonated with us all: a turtle with a single-use straw lodged in its nostril and needing it to be removed. A harrowing watch and a reminder of how marine life is being affected by the huge a...

Asda: reducing single-use plastics has cut out 6,500 tonnes of plastic waste

Dan Walsh

March 13, 2019

Business, Environment, Packaging

UK supermarket chain Asda has today reported a huge reduction in plastic waste after switching to plastic alternatives. The popular chain has managed to remove 6,500 tonnes of single-use plastic from its own b...

Celebrating International Women’s Day

Sarah Bedwell

March 8, 2019

Business

Shining a spotlight on female led businesses that are making a difference to the plastic waste movement With today being International Women's Day we wanted to highlight some organisations with females at t...