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Recycled plastic houses in five days

April 15, 2019

Made from recycled plastic, sturdy 'lego bricks' are created and used to change peoples lives. A house made from recycled plastic bricks. When Colombian Fernando Llanos decided to build his own house in...

Scientists engineer a plastic-eating enzyme

Sarah Bedwell

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...

Tassimo and L’OR take steps to recycle coffee pods

Sarah Bedwell

February 18, 2019

Business, Environment, Next Generation, Packaging

Partnership with TerraCycle raises money for charities while recycling harmful plastic pods. TerraCycle has partnered with Tassimo and L'OR to create a free recycling programme for Tassimo T DISCs, outer p...

British company turning plastic straws into new driveways

Sarah Bedwell

January 23, 2019

Business, Environment, Next Generation, Tech

Saving our oceans and re-using plastic waste for our everyday use! Cornish organisation Oltco is using plastic waste to form a new material that it's using to create driveways. Oltco states that it's 'Recyc...

Ladies, plastic free periods are the future!

Sarah Bedwell

January 10, 2019

Environment, Next Generation, Packaging

Regular menstrual products are a major issue - it's time to make a change? The Tampons, pads and pantyliners we use each month are filling our planet with plastic waste! It's not always the visible par...

Plans emerge for first ‘all plastics’ recycling facility in England.

Sarah Bedwell

January 7, 2019

Business, Next Generation, Packaging, Tech

Advanced plastic recycling centre planned for Swindon. Recycling Technologies Ltd, specialist's in the recycling of plastic waste, Swindon Borough Council (SBC) and Public Power Solutions Ltd, (PPS) a...