The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) believes that a successful plastics strategy must aim at effective educational and training measures, because respect of the dynamic...
The European Union (EU) has unveiled a plan to ban certain single-use plastic products in a bid to reduce mounting ocean litter. The ban would include...
With the amount of harmful plastic litter in oceans and seas growing ever greater, the European Commission is proposing new EU-wide rules to target the 10...
Britain plans to ban the sale of plastic straws and other single use products and is pressing Commonwealth allies to also take action to tackle marine...
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May pledged on Thursday (11 January) to eliminate avoidable plastic waste within 25 years, in an attempt to shift the focus away...
Plastic bags are a major source of pollution, but also a threat to wildlife on a global scale. The EU wants to stop this. On Tuesday...
Up to 200 plastic bags are thrown away every year by the average European, most of them after having been used only onve. The tiny particles...