Big Brother winner Craig Philips’ guide to sprucing up plastic windows

Transform the look of your home on a budget! DIY master CRAIG PHILLIPS gives a step-by-step guide to sprucing up plastic doors and window frames… Spruce up your plastic window frames and front doors with spray paint Big Brother winner and builder Craig Phillips gives a step-by-step guide Do you have a DIY question for … Read more

Ban on plastic straws begins TODAY: Stirrers and cotton buds also outlawed

Plastic straws and stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds will today be banned in a major victory for the Mail’s Turn the Tide on Plastic campaign. From now on, it will be illegal for businesses in England to supply the items, many of which find their way into the ocean. An estimated 4.7billion plastic straws, 316million … Read more

JLR car interiors are to be made from recycled waste plastic from oceans

Future Jaguar Land Rovers will have interiors made from recycled waste plastic recovered from oceans British vehicle manufacturer has teamed up with Italian-nylon maker Aquaful It will used Econyl materials in its new cars which is recycled waste products The nylon is created from ocean plastic and landfill waste from around the world Floor mats and … Read more

Plastic-eating enzyme ‘cocktail’ recycles plastic waste ‘endlessly’

Scientists have been inspired by Pacman to create a plastic-eating ‘cocktail’, which could help eradicate plastic waste.  It’s made up of two enzymes – called PETase and MHETase – produced by a type of bacteria that feeds on plastic bottles, called Ideonella sakaiensis.   Unlike natural degradation, which can take hundreds of years, the super-enzyme is able to … Read more

Plastic face shields DON’T work

Plastic face shields allow nearly 100 per cent of tiny airborne droplets released by coronavirus-infected patients to escape through visors, a study has warned. The alternative to face masks were touted by industry experts as providing adequate protection from the virus. And the British government has recommended them for hairdressers, barbers, nail technicians and tattooists … Read more

Plastic face shields DON’T work

Plastic face shields allow nearly 100 per cent of tiny airborne droplets released by coronavirus-infected patients to escape through visors, a study has warned. The alternative to face masks were touted by industry experts as providing adequate protection from the virus. And the British government has recommended them for hairdressers, barbers, nail technicians and tattooists … Read more

Hungry polar bear chews on some plastic in Sweden as two others play tug-of-war with a bin liner

Heartbreaking moment a hungry polar bear chews on some plastic in Sweden as two others play tug-of-war with a trash bag The photographs highlight growing severity of plastic pollution as the cub swallowed chunks whilst eating A pair of two-year-old sibling polar bear cubs were playing with a plastic bag they had found in the … Read more

Hungry polar bear chews on some plastic in Sweden as two others play tug-of-war with a bin liner

Heartbreaking moment a hungry polar bear chews on some plastic in Sweden as two others play tug-of-war with a trash bag The photographs highlight growing severity of plastic pollution as the cub swallowed chunks whilst eating A pair of two-year-old sibling polar bear cubs were playing with a plastic bag they had found in the … Read more

Sainsbury’s security guard crashes to the ground after trying to leap on top of a plastic barrier

Bored at work? Painful moment Sainsbury’s security guard crashes to the ground after trying to leap on top of a plastic barrier outside store A Sainsbury’s security guard had a painful run in with a plastic barrier He attempts to clear a jump but ends up flipping backwards onto his head The video has been watched … Read more