Shopping costs would rise by £4bn a year, or £140 per household, a study claims

It estimates that 37m tonnes of plastic waste could enter the ocean each year by 2040

Shifting to a circular economy would also bring economic benefits, with the UNEP claiming that $1.2tn would be saved

Geologists have found rocks to be intertwined with plastic waste on an island – but no humans live there

The company has almost halved its use of plastic

A London start-up has won the £1m Earthshot Prize for its plastic alternative

The supermarket has doubled the amount of toilet paper per roll and reduced the number of rolls per pack on one of its most popular own brand product

Winners of the competition, which rewards ground-breaking solutions to the biggest environmental challenges facing the planet, will be announced on 2nd December 2022 in Boston

With everyone dressing up and going trick-or-treating tonight, what’s the environmental impact?

The company has been labelled the world’s largest plastic polluter in the past