New recycling scheme for takeaway coffee cups
The UKs largest coffee chain is starting a new recycling scheme for takeaway coffee cups. Costa coffee is to launch a recycling scheme in all of its stores to ensure that as many as…
Only a third of plastic packaging is being recycled
Only a third of plastic packaging used in consumer products is recycled each year a survey by Recoup has revealed. Of the 1.5m tonnes of recyclable plastic was used by consumers in Britain in…
Trainers created from ocean waste
Adidas have created a shoe made of recycled plastic from ocean waste, to do this they have teamed up with Parley for the Oceans, an organisation dedicated to reducing plastic waste in the oceans. …
Update on the takeaway coffee cup
A few weeks ago we looked at the possibility of a tax on takeaway coffee cups after the success of the 5p plastic bag tax. 3 months ago, in an attempt to reduce the 5,000…