The Notebook: How life in plastic can be fantastic the notebook James Gibson, CEO of Void Technologies, takes the pen to talk entrepreneurialism, staying sane in the capital, and reducing plastic pollution.
Plastic manufacturing firm Robinson is ‘seeking substantial price increases from all customers’ Cost problems Plastic manufacturer Robinson is “seeking substantial price increases from all customers” due to soaring input costs. The Chesterfield-based company took in £46m in the last 12 months, up from £37m in 2020, but its operating profit fell 56 per cent to £1.2m, from £2.7m. The company, which made a loss before tax of just £100,000, [...]
Government set to ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery Government set to ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery Single-use plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene cups are set to be banned in the UK amid plans for a new “war on plastic waste”, ministers have announced. It is the latest step in attempts by the government to tackle plastic pollution after pledging to prevent all avoidable plastic waste by the end of 2042. A [...]
‘Wasteminster’: Greenpeace offloads mass of plastic outside Downing Street July 13, 2021 Activists from environmental charity Greenpeace have offloaded 625kg of plastic outside Downing Street today, while one activist donned a caricature mask of prime minister Boris Johnson. The amount of plastic is the same volume of plastic waste the UK exports every 30 seconds, according to the charity. “We hope this pile of plastic helps [...]
Fossil fuel fashion: half of clothing made from non-recycled plastic, think tank says June 11, 2021 Half of fast-fashion items sold by online brands like Boohoo and Missguided, are made solely from non-recycled plastics, a think-tank has said today. Think tank Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) urged the government to impose a new tax on such clothing made from non-recycled plastic like polyester. Income from the suggested clothing [...]
The nation’s health is priority number one, but we must continue the great work we’ve done to reduce plastics use August 28, 2020 Recent government figures revealed that since the introduction of the 5p carrier bag charge, new carrier bag sales have fallen by 59 per cent in the past year in England’s major supermarkets. This translates to shoppers buying, on average, just four new bags per year compared to 10 the previous year. This is a significant [...]
Environmental taxes: Will the Chancellor break with history, raise fuel duty and go further? March 6, 2020 | City Talk Looking to the manifesto, it would be hard to predict what the Budget would contain on environmental taxes. In common with the other main political parties, there were few direct commitments among the rhetoric. Beyond a statement on plastics packaging tax, we saw only a promise to “prioritise the environment in the next Budget, investing [...]
UK supermarkets further increase plastic footprint despite pledges November 28, 2019 Seven out of the UK’s top 10 supermarkets increased their plastic footprint , as the total amount of plastic packaging used rose to 900,000 tonnes a year. Out of the UK’s 10 largest supermarkets, only Waitrose, Tesco and Sainsbury’s achieved marginal reductions over the past 12 months. Read more: Unilever pledges to cut plastic use [...]
Men-u’s mission to fix the cosmetic industry’s plastic problem July 31, 2019 There are no two ways about it: the cosmetic industry has a problem with plastic. Most households are plugged with rows of cosmetics, largely contained in single-use plastic pots. Globally, the beauty industry produces more than 120bn units of packaging every year, the majority of which is not recyclable, according to Zero Waste Week. This [...]