More than 40 companies including Coca-Cola, Unilever and Tesco have pledged to eliminate single-use packaging items and to ensure 100 per cent of their plastic packaging is reusable, recyclable or compostable. But NATALIE BENNETT, former Green Party leader, argues this voluntary pact doesn't go far enough - a full scale ban is needed
… Why the UK Plastics Pact doesn't go far enough Natalie Bennett | 30th April 2018 Comment UK Plastics Pact Green Party plastrics.jpg More … items and to ensure 100 per cent of their plastic packaging is reusable, recyclable or …
The aim of the Resurgence Trust - owner and publisher of The Ecologist - is to change people's worldview so we can live in harmony with each other and with nature. Here NATALIE BENNETT, former Green party leader, explains why this aim is so vital today
… Plastic is only a small part of the problem: … Natalie Bennett | 6th April 2018 Comment Plastics Ocean Plastic Systems Thinking … of the follow-up has come down to one issue: plastics. On one level, that’s worked well. …
Fighting global warming will take meaningful change - not business as usual.
… its limits: the turning of the oceans into a plastic soup, the collapse of biodiversity and … It means banning nearly all single-use plastic, and other single-use containers as … world). That would end the degradation of plastic-strewn beaches and …
Thinking of trading in your old fridge? We’ve got the lowdown on how to get hold of electricals that are genuinely green
… issue as a toxic mix of hazardous metals, plastics and chemicals are used to create them … as do Siemens who also use recyclable plastics in the manufacture of their models. … home stereo system and takes the hundreds of plastic coated, lacquered and non-recyclable …
With no food miles, no additives and no duty involved, making your own alcohol saves both money and the planet. Hannah Corr explains how to get started
… bung, a couple of corks and bottles, and a plastic tube for siphoning. Other useful … levels), some sterilising fluid and a big plastic spoon. For the cash strapped, there … bin liner in a cardboard box, a good quality plastic storage box or a catering size plastic …
What role might advertisers play in tackling climate change and creating a better world?
… ultraprocessed, fat, sugar and salt-stuffed, plastic-wrapped pap is tasty food, or that an oversized, dangerous lump of metal and plastic will give us the life of an intrepid …
The Government has let down Britain with its repeated failures to seize the opportunities of green growth, healthy local food, better housing, environmental protection - and is instead pinning all its hopes on flawed, outmoded ideologies that betray our futures.
… off of the Public Forest Estate." 5p on some plastic bags won't save the world As for the promised levy on single-use plastic bags in supermarkets, with its …
There are plenty of ways to keep your wardrobe fresh without having to hit the high street. Hannah Corr reveals a few tips on making the most of what you've got
… substances. So avoid the bargain basement plastic and metal accessories from high street … might be the accessory du jour but metal and plastic glasses come at a heavy cost to the …
The UK Government's U-turn on new airport capacity in England defies all logic, argues Natalie Bennett. We must end our obsession with 'high speed projects' and invest in low-speed sustainable transport.
… for cigarettes, on a charge on single-use plastic bags, on the pasty tax - even if they …
There's no doubt that one of the losers in this year's UK election was the environment and that there's clearly been a failure not just in politics, which is failing in so many ways, but also in environmental communication - a failure to reach people's hearts and minds with the urgent need for change, writes NATALIE BENNETT
… and glyphosate, a tidal wave of plastic pollution - not to mention the bigger, …
The Medicines and Medical Devices Bill must pave the way for designing new drugs that are less harmful to the environment, supported by a circular economy.
… of air pollution, and the pervasiveness of plastics in our food, our water, our lives. …
Contrary to popular belief, composting is simple. What’s more, it’s also eco-friendly, cheap and utterly addictive. Hannah Corr shows you how to get started
… market, ranging from ultra basic such as the plastic ‘dalek’ style, to more technologically …
Growing your own fruit and vegetables doesn’t have to involve huge amounts of space. As Hannah Corr explains, there are plenty of short cuts for city dwellers who want to get stuck in
… by the fact they’re made from non-degradable plastic. Thank heaven for jute bags then ( …
The law of unintended consequences is usually assumed to mean the best will in the world can still cause terrible harm. But the need to understand the causes of climate change is forcing societies to address other risks from industrial production, argues NATALIE BENNETT.
… isn’t the only one. Choking our planet with plastics, poisoning it with pesticides and …
Amsterdam's Micropia museum has much to offer budding microbiologists - but is lacking a critical awareness of the commercial destruction and misuse of microscopic life. NATALIE BENNETT reports
… safety implications. The museum gushes about plastics made with microbes, without even a …
Soil is a neglected and vital issue. Can the House of Lords protect the UK soils where the House of Commons has so far failed?
… we’re just beginning to grasp how much microplastics are woven through every piece of our … much-abused, disastrously nature-depleted, plastic-choked, polluted islands. Getting it …
It's time for UK citizens to #takebackREALcontrol by challenging the anti-democratic powers that control our country, our economy and our lives, retiring Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett told her party conference this weekend in this barnstorming speech. And that's a challenge only the Greens are prepared to take on.
… crisis extends far beyond climate change: plastics in the oceans, destruction of our …