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Two old blades from dissembled turbines will be repurposed to build a footbridge on a greenway in County Cork

The initiative is predicted to avoid the use of 99 million AAA batteries over seven years

The retail giant removed the plastic from a range of branded and own-label products

The legislation is claimed to be the first in the country that promotes the elimination of various plastic items

The platform aims to serve as a single source of data about plastic waste

The British retail giant has introduced its packaging-free offering in a third food store with more than 50 lines of refillable grocery and frozen fruit

The bags, which are made out of recyclable polyethylene and seafood waste, will be trialled in more than 230 stores

The British-Dutch consumer goods company says it is ‘on track’ to halve the use of virgin plastic in its packaging by 2025

Returned products are recycled and processed to recover valuable plastics and metals for new products, helping divert millions of tons of waste from landfills

The pilot programme in partnership with the packaging provider Loop will roll out initially in New York, Portland and Tokyo