Morrisons is bringing back glass milk bottles to remove 40,000 plastic containers a year

Morrisons is bringing back glass milk bottles to remove 40,000 plastic containers a year and cut down on CO2 emissions The chain is launching the scheme to remove 40,000 plastic containers a year The milk trial, at seven stores in Kent and four in Sheffield, will cost 90p per pint Local farmers will provide the … Read more

Waitrose is first British supermarket to back Prevented Ocean Plastic plan for 71 of its products

A ready meal solution! Trays and other supermarket packaging will use plastic saved from the sea Waitrose becomes first British supermarket to use Prevent Ocean Plastic scheme that could save more than 100 tons of plastic from ending up in the ocean Chain to recycle its waste in 71 of its products that could have … Read more

Just 20 firms produce 55% of the world’s plastic waste, report reveals

Just 20 firms produce 55 per cent of ‘throwaway’ single-use plastic that ends up as waste worldwide, a new report reveals. Texan oil company ExxonMobil tops the list of polymer producers generating single-use plastic waste, having contributed 5.9 million metric tonnes in 2019 – equivalent to the weight of 5,700 blue whales. ExxonMobil was closely followed … Read more

Woman accused of FAKING letter by daughter, 5, complaining about plastic straws to drinks company

Proud mother is accused of FAKING viral post after sharing letter sent by her five-year-old ‘activist’ daughter to a drinks manufacturer asking to ‘ditch plastic straws’ as trolls say the writing is too neat and spelling is too good Aimii Bishop, who lives in Reading, shared a letter written by her daughter Juno Posting on … Read more

Woman accused of FAKING letter by daughter, 5, complaining about plastic straws to drinks company

Proud mother is accused of FAKING viral post after sharing letter sent by her five-year-old ‘activist’ daughter to a drinks manufacturer asking to ‘ditch plastic straws’ as trolls say the writing is too neat and spelling is too good Aimii Bishop, who lives in Reading, shared a letter written by her daughter Juno Posting on … Read more

Brielle Biermann of Don’t Be Tardy DENIES having plastic surgery

Brielle Biermann has a shapely figure and a photogenic face that has lit up reality TV, but in recent years the star has been accused of getting plastic surgery to look more like her mom Kim Zolciak. But on Sunday night’s episode of Watch What Happens Live, the beauty, 24, insisted she has not gone … Read more

‘Flat-pack pasta’ morphs from 2D to 3D and could slash the need for excessive plastic packaging

Don’t tell the Italians! ‘Flat-pack pasta’ morphs from 2D to 3D while cooking and could slash the need for excessive plastic packaging Scientists imprinted patterns on raw, flat pasta made of semolina flour and water When this pasta is boiled it changed shape dictated by the scoured lines  This would allow for pasta to be made, … Read more

Pollution: Scientists find plastic in sea turtles’ MUSCLES for the first time

Pollution is affecting marine on a chemical level, scientists have confirmed, after finding high concentrations of plastic in the muscles of loggerhead sea turtles. Researchers analysed the remains of 44 turtles found washed up dead on coastlines in eastern Spain — finding traces of plastics in each one. Marine animals like sea turtles often fall foul … Read more