The British government is poised to ban certain single-use plastic products, a long-awaited step towards reducing pollution that environmentalists hope will be just one of many. The ban will cover ...

A ban on single-use plastic plates and cutlery and certain types of polystyrene cups and containers came into force in England on Sunday. It follows a similar move by Scotland last year, while a ban ...

‘A plastic fork can take 200 years to decompose’, said environment secretary Thérèse Coffey Single-use items such as plastic cutlery, plates and trays are to be banned in England in a bid to reduce ...

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Therese Coffey will announce a ban this week as the government ramps up measures to help prevent billions of pieces of plastic polluting the planet’s waterways. The Environment Secretary said the move ...

In recent years, the packaging industry has faced mounting pressure to reduce its environmental impact. One promising solution gaining traction is mono-material packaging. This approach involves using ...

Recycling and sustainability are here to stay, and the plastics industry must adapt in order to survive. That outlook is the main take away of “Rethinking single-use plastics,” a study just published ...

The Government is a step closer to extending a ban on single-use plastic items to plates, cutlery and polystyrene cups in England with the launch of a public consultation. A separate call for evidence ...

Thermal efficiency is essential in pharmaceutical cold chain packaging but has lacked a vehicle to deliver both high performing thermal performance and sustainability. Graphite-expanded polystyrene ...

It's been confirmed today that single-use plastic plates, cutlery and a host of other items will be banned in England from October. Bairbre Holmes has the details. Single-use plastic plates, cutlery ...