A Plastic Planet will go head-to-head with leading figures in the plastics industry.
… Staff Reporter | 27th February 2019 News Plastics Industry Change Makers microplastics.jpg A Plastic Planet will go … head-to-head with leading figures in the plastics industry. …
Surfers Against Sewage calls on Philip Hammond, the chancellor, to use tax system to tackle single-use plastic in his forthcoming Autumn Budget.
… Makers Surfers Against Sewage Pollution Plastics … cutting the volume of avoidable and pointless plastics is critical in reversing the … plastic consultation. The group called for a plastics tax to incentivise use of recycled …
'We don't want to be part of the plastic pollution problem any longer. Why is it taking so long for change to happen?'
Plastic free day 'to inspire a billion people' Emily Chudy | 22nd May 2019 News World Environment Day A Plastic Planet #OnePlasticFreeDay Change Makers …
Hackathon with offer young people the opportunity to create real-life solutions to the plastic crisis.
Junior plastic hackathon Staff Reporter | 14th June 2019 News Plastic Pollution Hackathon Change Makers plastic-waste-3962409_960_720.jpg Hackathon with offer young people the opportunity to create …
Call to ‘act local’ to stop plastics entering the UK’s rivers and canals & ending up in the world’s oceans.
… Staff Reporter | 12th June 2019 News Plastics Marine Conservation Change Makers … Call to ‘act local’ to stop plastics entering the UK’s rivers and canals & … published research about the volume of plastics and litter found in its waterways. …
Upcoming government waste strategy must act on ‘invisible’ microplastics pollution.
… Friends Of The Earth Microplastic Pollution Plastics Single Use Plastics tire-428528_960_720.jpg Upcoming … waste strategy must act on ‘invisible’ microplastics pollution. As much as 19,000 tonnes …
'Fiddling around the edges of the plastic pollution problem by banning straws simply doesn't cut it.'
… Microplastics in every river tested Emily Beament | 19th June 2019 News Microplastics Waterways Greenpeace Change Makers … 13 UK rivers has found they all contain microplastics - and one is more polluted than the …
The eXXpedition Round the World voyage will sail through some of the most important and diverse marine environments on the planet.
… on land. Professor Richard Thompson, an ocean plastics expert at the University of Plymouth, … said: "In recent years, tackling the plastics in our oceans has become one of our …
The fourth 24-hour climate change hackathon is taking place simultaneously in major cities around the world.
… London teams will work on the problem of plastics. A major issue for the UK capital, … is growing that unless we recast the role of plastics in our lives our seas will have more … that on current trajectories, petroleum-based plastics could contribute 15 per cent of …
Join Ella in reducing plastic waste and tackling period poverty this December.
Eco-action against period poverty Marianne Brooker | 17th December 2018 News Periods Plastic Plastic Pollution Menstruation Healthcare Change Makers eco_period_box_3.jpg Join Ella in reducing plastic …
Leeds Rhinos Rugby League club is working to lower its carbon footprint, get rid of single-use plastics and transition to 100 percent renewable energy.
… its carbon footprint, get rid of single-use plastics and transition to 100 percent … reducing the consumption of use of single-use plastics on site) and that’s exactly what … the habits I’ve had concerning my use of plastics. Now, I’m trying to recycle more and …
Ethical menstrual products are reliable, non-toxic and don't cost the earth.
Going green on your period Jackie Bolen | 2nd November 2018 News Change Makers Periods Plastic Pollution Mestrual Cups sanitary_napkin.jpg Ethical menstrual products are reliable, non-toxic and don't …
Popular ethical fashion brand Matt & Nat given watchdog warning after misleading customers about its green credentials.
… 2019 News Matt & Nat Eco Fashion Recycling Plastics Bags Shoes Change Makers Editor’s … from one of the most environmentally damaging plastics, polyvinyl chloride or PVC, but with …
Goldsmiths, University of London said it is to remove all beef products from sale from next month.
Burgers banned by university to save planet Alison Kershaw | 15th August 2019 News Goldsmiths University Beef Climate Breakdown National Farmers Union Change Makers 21780615-1.jpg Goldsmiths, …
A review of the UK's marine environment in 2019 reveals thousands of people volunteered to help the seas.
Thousands helping UK seas Emily Beament | 6th January 2020 News Seas Bottlenose Dolphins Commuting Seal Wildlife Trusts Change Makers 22745403-1.jpg A review of the UK's marine environment in 2019 …