UK Archives | Plastic Generation

Environment Secretary Gove vows to go plastic-free for lent

March 6, 2019

Environment Secretary Michael Gove MP has vowed to go plastic-free for Lent during an environment committee meeting. Gove said he would reduce his plastic use over the period after he was asked about his pl...

Big retailers accused of ‘watering down’ proposed bottle recycling scheme

Dan Walsh

February 19, 2019

Government, Packaging, Society

Many of the UK's biggest retailers have been accused of trying to 'water down' a new proposed plastic bottle recycling scheme that is set to be rolled out by the government. Campaigners have been asking for...

El vino did flow: plastic-free wine range launches in Scotland

Dan Walsh

February 11, 2019

Business, Ocean, Packaging

Wine drinkers in Scotland can soon get their hands on their favourite bottle of wine and help marine life at the same time, thanks to a plastic-free range of wine from new brand Sea Change. Entirely plastic-f...

RSPCA: animals under threat more than ever before from plastic pollution

Dan Walsh

February 4, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Society

The affect plastic is having on animals has been laid bare by a new report from the RSPCA today. Incidents involving animals are now at an all-time high, in new data analysed from 2015 to 2018. The report ...

Study finds 100% of marine life washed up on British shores had ingested plastic

Dan Walsh

January 31, 2019

Ocean, Packaging, Society

A truly shocking study has revealed that 100% of marine life - dolphins, seals and whales - washed up on British shores had ingested plastic. Out of the 50 animals across 10 different species were analysed, sc...

MPs: government needs to stop seas becoming a “sewer”

Dan Walsh

January 18, 2019

Environment, Government, Ocean

A group of cross-party MPs have urged the government to create a new global alliance tasked with protecting the seas. With plastic pollution set to treble in the next decade, according to environmental aud...

Marks and Spencer trials plastic-free produce

Dan Walsh

January 17, 2019

Business, Packaging

UK retailer Marks and Spencer has announced it is trialling plastic-free produce at one of its stores in London to try and reduce the amount of plastic-waste generated. 90 lines of loose fruit and veg will...

Ooho! rolls out edible ketchup packaging in successful trial across London

Dan Walsh

January 16, 2019

Business, Environment, Packaging

Hopefully you will have read our piece recently on Ooho!, the company created by Skipping Rocks Lab that specialises in edible packaging. Today we have more news from the East London startup… Over eight wee...

Study Finds That Plastic Is Found In Almost All Of Alderney’s Gannet Nests

Juan Askew

January 11, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Wildlife

Plastic continues to be an enormous problem. On Alderney, for example, plastic is now present in almost 100% of gannet nests largely from fishing industry rope or line. This plastic mass continues to...

Broadcaster Sky joins forces with UK government to combat plastic waste

Dan Walsh

January 11, 2019

Business, Environment, Government, Ocean, Society

Following on from its recent support of swimmer Lewis Pugh’s ‘The Long Swim’, an initiative to generate awareness about the need to clean the world’s oceans, major broadcaster Sky is now teaming up with the UK...

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