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January 21, 2020

Smethwick gets its first Your Local Pantry to help tackle food poverty

Smethwick Church Action Network (CAN) has set up the Smethwick pantry, to be run and used by local people, at Smethwick Library. The project is the latest in the growing Your Local Pantry network nationally, and the third in the Midlands.
April 24, 2019

New research exposes a crisis in the global trade of 'recyclable' plastics

Countries with less capacity and fewer resources to deal with plastic pollution are being targeted as escape valves for the throwaway plastic generated by industrialised countries, say campaigners.
April 17, 2019

Urgent action needed to better manage e-waste, says ILO

The ILO has called for urgent action to better manage the toxic flood of electric and electronic waste produced around the world, so it can be turned into a valuable source of decent work.
February 26, 2019

Michael Gove urged not to 'lose his bottle' on recycling scheme

If the government weakens plans to introduce 'reverse vending machines' six billion plastic bottles could go to landfill or be incinerated, says Greenpeace.
February 19, 2019

Consultations launched on reducing plastic and waste

Friends of the Earth says the proposals are welcome steps forward, but bigger strides are needed to deal with the consequences of our throwaway society.
November 19, 2018

Supermarket giants flood UK with 59 billion pieces of plastic packaging every year

The full extent of UK supermarket giants’ contribution to the plastic waste problem has been exposed in the most comprehensive analysis of the sector to date.
October 30, 2018

Global plastic pledge signed by leading brands 'weak on reduction'

Greenpeace says leading consumer brands involved have no plans to reduce their overall plastic output.
October 22, 2018

China waste ban impacting on council recycling services and costs

Some councils' recycling costs have increased by £500,000.
August 5, 2018

Two-thirds of plastic in packaging pots and trays is unrecyclable, says LGA

The Local Government Association has warned that manufacturers must scrap the “smorgasboard” of plastics which are used in packaging for key foods so that councils can reduce waste sent to landfill and increase recycling.
April 11, 2018

Plastic packaging failing to prevent food waste and may even increase it, study finds

A rise in plastic food packaging is failing to reduce Europe’s food waste problem, and in some cases may even be fuelling it, according to new research.