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

Most surfboards and wetsuits are currently made from petrochemicals, leading to high carbon emissions

The company has said using renewable energy will reduce the carbon footprint of the plastic by up to 30%

Out of possible operations, knee replacements were revealed to produce the most carbon emissions

A San Francisco company claims it’s made the first net zero shoes and they could be on sale next year!

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

The rice that cannot be consumed is being used as plastic by businesses across Japan

The company has almost halved its use of plastic