Plastics
'A memory bobbing around the ocean': message in a bottle found after two years
Conservationist on a remote Papua New Guinean island finds message from American girl thrown overboard more than 2,500km away
Lyanne Togiba in Port Moresby
14, Jan, 2021 @12:07 AM
Clothes washing linked to ‘pervasive’ plastic pollution in the Arctic
Polyester fibres that injure marine life were found in sea water across region
Damian Carrington Environment editor
12, Jan, 2021 @4:00 PM
'Loophole' will let UK continue to ship plastic waste to poorer countries
Post-Brexit regulation doesn’t match new EU rules to tackle ocean pollution, despite UK being Europe’s largest plastic waste producer
Karen McVeigh
12, Jan, 2021 @6:30 AM
Breakthrough in UK’s slow-brewing move towards an eco-friendly cuppa
Co-op finally set to launch own brand plastic-free teabags after outcry over microplastics
Rebecca Smithers
03, Jan, 2021 @10:00 AM
New rules to tackle ‘wild west’ of plastic waste dumped on poorer countries
International convention to stop richer countries exporting contaminated material for recycling could mean a cleaner ocean in five years
Karen McVeigh
29, Dec, 2020 @6:30 AM
UK beach clean: disco ball and pink pants among oddest items found
Crisp packets, cup lids and wet wipes among the more mundane objects commonly encountered
Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent
28, Dec, 2020 @10:32 AM
It's a wrap: clingfilm alternatives to help you ditch the plastic
Four ways to store food while cutting out the plastic, from beeswax to vegan-friendly leaf wrap
Rebecca Smithers
24, Dec, 2020 @9:00 AM
Microplastics revealed in the placentas of unborn babies
Health impact is unknown but scientists say particles may cause long-term damage to foetuses
Damian Carrington Environment editor
22, Dec, 2020 @10:55 AM
All that glitters: UK retailers shift away from plastic Christmas
Manufacturers and shops remove millions of pieces of single-use plastic from their ranges
Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent
22, Dec, 2020 @7:00 AM
Deadliest plastics: bags and packaging biggest marine life killers, study finds
Wide-ranging review finds whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds at mortal risk from marine debris
Graham Readfearn
13, Dec, 2020 @4:30 PM
Human-made materials now outweigh Earth's entire biomass – study
Production of concrete, metal, plastic, bricks and asphalt greater than mass of living matter on planet, paper says
Sandra Laville Environment correspondent
09, Dec, 2020 @4:00 PM
Tesco removes 20m items of plastic from Christmas range
UK supermarket also eliminates glitter from single-use products and packaging to boost recycling
Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent
09, Dec, 2020 @6:01 AM
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