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The average Brit eats dairy-based butter seven times a week - and just 13% would consider reducing their intake to help the environment

Aldi shoppers can now only purchase paper bags for their groceries as the German supermarket chain phases out reusable plastic bags.

The First Minister said excluding glass from the recycling initiative could be at the "severe detriment" to Scottish brands like Irn-Bru and Tennent’s.

Scotland’s First Minister said the move is an attempt ‘undermine devolution’.

If you’ve got to buy one, you might as well make it nice

As talks continue in Paris on a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution, RFI looks at the size of France's plastic footprint – and what it's doing to reduce it.

The second meeting on a possible international treaty on plastic pollution takes place this week at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Recycling is often touted as a solution to reducing plastic waste, but recent studies show the process poses its own risks and is no match for soaring plastic production.

THE UK Government’s stance on Scotland’s deposit return scheme has revealed devolution 'threat'...

Some brands and organisations run their own recycling programmes for traditionally non-recyclable items