News & Resources

February 24, 2020

Heineken ditches plastic rings and shrink wrap in eco makeover

Heineken is ditching single-use plastic rings and shrink wrap from millions of multipack cans and replacing them with eco-friendly cardboard ... Read more

February 24, 2020

There’s a paper bag shortage – and New York’s plastic bag ban will make it worse, expert warns

The state of New York made a “monstrous mistake” assuming there would be enough paper bags to replace soon-to-be-banned single-use plastic bags, said an industry expert ... Read more

February 24, 2020

Montreal to ban all plastic bags in 2020: mayor

The City of Montreal is moving to ban all plastic bags by the end of 2020. Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante tasked the city’s director-general with amending the current bylaw, which bans the distribution of lightweight plastic bags ... Read more

January 08, 2020

Plastic pollution: calls to do more to cut bag use

More has to be done about the number of plastic "bags for life" distributed by retailers, according to a Welsh Government report ... Read more

January 08, 2020

The plastic backlash: what's behind our sudden rage – and will it make a difference?

Plastic is everywhere, and suddenly we have decided that is a very bad thing. Until recently, plastic enjoyed a sort of anonymity in ubiquity: we were so thoroughly surrounded that we hardly noticed it ... Read more

January 08, 2020

Humans have made 8.3bn tons of plastic since 1950. This is the illustrated story of where it's gone

Until recently we didn’t know how much plastic was piling up around us. When we found out, the picture wasn’t pretty ... Read more