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DRAMATIC RISE IN PLASTIC SEABED LITTER AROUND UK
The amount of seabed litter has fluctuated over the years, but has been in long-term decline since a peak of 1,300 items per square kilometre in 2003... READ MORE›
HIGH-STREET OUTLETS MOVE TO DITCH PLASTIC AMID ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
Meanwhile Selfridges, which announced in 2015 that it would stop selling single-use plastic water bottles, has now gone a step further... READ MORE›
PLASTIC BOTTLE DEPOSIT RETURN SCHEME COULD SAVE ENGLAND'S COUNCILS A?35M A YEAR
In England, just 57 percent of plastic bottles are recycled, mostly through streetside collection schemes... READ MORE›
MICHAEL GOVE CALLS FOR VIEWS ON SETTING UP PLASTIC BOTTLE DEPOSIT RETURN SCHEME
The continuous stream of disposable plastic bottles running into our oceans has been growing alarmingly, said Greenpeace oceans campaigner Elena Polisano... READ MORE›
Q&A: OUR PLASTIC ADDICTION IS OUT OF CONTROL. HOW CAN WE CONSUME LESS?
About 400 plastic bottles are sold every second in the UK but only half are recycled... READ MORE›
BOROUGH MARKET TO PHASE OUT PLASTIC BOTTLE SALES WITH FREE FOUNTAINS
Plans are currently in place to produce Borough Market refillable bottles made from recycled plastic that can be purchased from stalls around the market... READ MORE›
'I FOUND A TOOTHBRUSH MADE OF PIG HAIR'
As Davis identified, there is an alternative to plastic bottles of shampoo bars wrapped in paper or sold in tins... READ MORE›
CHINA'S INFORMAL ARMY OF RECYCLERS KEEP PLASTIC BOTTLES OUT OF LANDFILL
There's very little thought of the environmental impact of plastic bottles in China... READ MORE›
A MILLION BOTTLES A MINUTE: WORLD'S PLASTIC BINGE 'AS DANGEROUS AS CLIMATE CHANGE'
Greenpeace said the big six drinks companies had to do more to increase the recycled content of their plastic bottles... READ MORE›