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Green tea? Asda launches plant-based packaging for tea bags

Green tea? Asda launches plant-based packaging for tea bags

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Green tea? Asda launches plant-based packaging for tea bags

The 550m tea bags the supermarket sells each year can now be disposed of in kerbside food waste bins

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Canadian retailer Loblaw to eliminate single-use plastic bags from 2023

Canadian retailer Loblaw to eliminate single-use plastic bags from 2023

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Canadian retailer Loblaw to eliminate single-use plastic bags from 2023

Single-use plastic bags will not be used at its corporate and franchise supermarkets, pharmacies and PC Express service across the country from early next year

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Co-op rolls out ‘Europe’s most extensive’ recycling scheme for plastic food packaging

Co-op rolls out ‘Europe’s most extensive’ recycling scheme for plastic food packaging

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Co-op rolls out ‘Europe’s most extensive’ recycling scheme for plastic food packaging

Shoppers will be able to recycle items such as crisp packets, bread bags, lids from ready meals and yoghurt pots, biscuit wrappers and pet food pouches

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Single-use plastic bag charge to be doubled to 10p and extended to all retailers across England in April 2021

Single-use plastic bag charge to be doubled to 10p and extended to all retailers across England in April 2021

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Single-use plastic bag charge to be doubled to 10p and extended to all retailers across England in April 2021

Small retailers that employ 250 people or less will no longer be exempt from the levy, says the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

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Morrisons to become ‘first supermarket’ to remove all plastic carrier bags

Morrisons to become ‘first supermarket’ to remove all plastic carrier bags

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Morrisons to become ‘first supermarket’ to remove all plastic carrier bags

Removing standard plastic bags across all stores is forecast to remove 3,510 tonnes of plastic a year

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Supermarkets report 90% decline in plastic bag sales after 5p charge

Supermarkets report 90% decline in plastic bag sales after 5p charge

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Supermarkets report 90% decline in plastic bag sales after 5p charge

The average person in England now buys only 10 bags a year compared with 140 bags in 2014 before the charge was introduced

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Waitrose launches £1m fund to crackdown on plastic pollution

Waitrose launches £1m fund to crackdown on plastic pollution

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Waitrose launches £1m fund to crackdown on plastic pollution

It is inviting applications from charities, academic institutions, social enterprises, schools and colleges until 24th January

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Co-op to replace single-use plastic bags with compostable ones

Co-op to replace single-use plastic bags with compostable ones

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Co-op to replace single-use plastic bags with compostable ones

The new alternatives can be reused as food waste caddy liners

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UK Scouts to inspire young people to tackle plastic pollution

UK Scouts to inspire young people to tackle plastic pollution

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UK Scouts to inspire young people to tackle plastic pollution

The initiative will be supported by a new international exchange programme, allowing Scouts from the UK and Kenya to visit one another

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UK Government proposes doubling plastic bag charge to 10p

UK Government proposes doubling plastic bag charge to 10p

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UK Government proposes doubling plastic bag charge to 10p

It could also be extended to all shops across the country

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US supermarket giant Kroger to bin plastic bags by 2025

US supermarket giant Kroger to bin plastic bags by 2025

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US supermarket giant Kroger to bin plastic bags by 2025

The company also aims to divert 90% of its waste from landfill by 2022

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Plastic bag sales in England plunge 86% since 5p charge

Plastic bag sales in England plunge 86% since 5p charge

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Plastic bag sales in England plunge 86% since 5p charge

The biggest seven supermarkets in England bought nearly a quarter fewer plastic bags last year

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