Plastic Generation

The world’s first plastic-free flight takes to the skies

January 7, 2019

For anyone that has travelled by plane recently, we’re certain you will have noticed the amount of plastic packaging you end up with during the flight. For one Portuguese airline, enough is enough. On the 27th...

Shoppers earn over $37,000 by recycling plastic bottles after trial by UK supermarket Iceland

Dan Walsh

January 7, 2019

Business, Packaging

UK shoppers are laughing all the way to the bank after earning over $37,000 by recycling plastic bottles. In a trial launched by UK supermarket chain Iceland, reverse vending machines in-store offered shoppers...

Circularity 19

Andrew Durkin

January 7, 2019

Events

June 19-20 2019 - Minneapolis, USA Circularity 19 Circularity 19 will bring together more than 500 thought leaders and practitioners to define and accelerate the circular economy. Through inspirat...

Good Riddance To The Microbead Scourge

Juan Askew

January 7, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Wildlife

Plastic microbeads can no longer be used in cosmetics and personal care products in the UK, after a long-promised ban came into effect in 2018. The ban initially barred the manufacture of such products and a b...

Drowning Our Plastic Sorrows

Juan Askew

January 7, 2019

Ocean, Packaging, Wildlife

It is estimated that there are more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic, with a combined mass of more than 250,000 tons, floating in our oceans. Despite plastic production increasing twentyfold across the last h...

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...

Yakult Singapore ditches plastic straws and searches for an alternative to plastic packaging

Sarah Bedwell

January 4, 2019

Business, Environment, Packaging

Yakult Singapore has confirmed that it will no longer be providing plastic straws with its range of prebiotic drinks. This is a move that will bring it in line with other countries where Yakult is sold without...

2019 The Year to Eradicate Plastic Yokes

Sarah Bedwell

January 4, 2019

Environment, Packaging, Tech, Wildlife

Drink manufacturers need to take action! In September 2018, global drinks manufacturer Carlsberg announced that it would no longer be using plastic yokes as retail packaging for its Carlsberg Export beer. W...

Introducing: Plastic Generation

Andrew Durkin

January 3, 2019

Society

Welcome to Plastic Generation, a news site highlighting the damage caused to our world by plastic and importantly, the steps being undertaken by some to change things. We started this site out of pure guilt...

Inner city wildlife suffering from plastic waste too!

Sarah Bedwell

January 3, 2019

Environment, Packaging, Wildlife

Our town and country, furry, prickly and feathered friends are also getting into sticky situations. Many of us don’t live near an ocean or sea, but we’re aware of the issues of plastic. How it’s affecting...