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Aldi stops selling reusable plastic bags in push towards paper

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

The New Daily

EV batteries pose big risks — and new figures reveal how much hazardous waste they could create

As Australia passes the milestone of 100,000 electric vehicles on our roads, an environmental downside is looming: huge numbers of batteries that could end up in landfill.

ABC News

Recycling: what you can and can't recycle and why it's so confusing

When it comes to recycling are you a wishcycler? No, I didn’t know what this term meant until recently either – apparently it’s when people try to recycle items that should be thrown away instead. And the government are trying to crack down on it.

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Life-size cow sculpture appears on London’s South Bank to highlight impact of dairy industry

It has been unveiled ahead of the 50th World Environment Day on Monday

Evening Standard

Mallusk waste plant planning refusal overturned

Department of Infrastructure officials said they are not contesting the legal challenge as there's no Executive

Belfast Live

Deposit return scheme could be scrapped because of UK Government intervention, warns Humza Yousaf

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.

Daily Record

Yousaf: Deposit return may be scrapped without UK Government U-turn on glass ban

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

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Best bathroom bins for a practical yet stylish waste solution

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

Evening Standard

What steps is France taking to tackle its plastic pollution?

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.

Radio France Internationale

Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can't recycle our way out of this’

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.

France 24

UK ministers use Internal Market Act as ‘threat’ to devolved nations

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

The National (Scotland)

The most common recycling mistakes as the Government says to stop ‘wishcycling’

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

Evening Standard

Scottish ministers poised to back down in recycling row with Westminster

SNP government preparing to accept UK ministers’ demand to exclude glass from deposit return scheme

The Guardian - UK

Plastic causing "ecological disruption"

A new report analyzed previous studies and reached sobering conclusions about the plastic pollution crisis

Salon

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The Conversation

Plastic recycling is failing – here's how the world must respond

Recycling was once considered the obvious solution to the excessive amount of new (or virgin) plastic produced each year. This is no longer realistic. Global recycling capacity simply cannot keep up with the taking, making and wasting of natural resources.

Bristol Post

Bristol set for 'foul-smelling summer' as bin collection staff set to strike

“It is completely unacceptable that a Labour council is leaving its workers to struggle"

Daily Mirror

Aldi makes huge change to everyday product across all 990 UK stores

The move comes following a successful trial with milk supplier Müller in August last year and customers will be able to tell the type of milk by red, green or blue labels

The Independent UK

Wishcycling: What can and can’t be recycled under updated rules?

The new policy will see the UK government asking households to be more selective in what they recycle

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The Guardian - UK

After a plastic bag ban, Kenya takes another shot at its pollution problem

Despite a single-use bag ban in 2017, Nairobi and its waste collectors are still inundated with plastic. Can a new law pin responsibility on the manufacturers?

Radio France Internationale

What's at stake in Paris talks on cutting the world's plastic pollution?

Representatives from nearly 200 countries are meeting in Paris this week for the latest talks on a global treaty on plastic pollution. While not expected to produce a final agreement, the session could lay crucial groundwork for reducing the use of plastics worldwide.

The Independent UK

Government looks to tidy up guidance on recycling

People will be asked to be more selective in what they send to recycling centres.

ABC News

Plastic credits scheme targets banana industry waste but recycling industry calls for greater rigour

The banana industry has welcomed a scheme that sees farmers earn credits for responsible waste disposal.

ABC News

CCTV footage shows Melbourne recycling crushed with rubbish to be dumped in landfill

There are calls for the waste collection industry to be overhauled, after the ABC obtains CCTV footage of a private company collecting recycling and waste from a Melbourne apartment building in the same truck.

The Guardian - UK

Mars bar wrappers changed to paper from plastic in UK trial

Confectionary with environmentally friendlier packaging will be available at 500 Tesco stores

The National (Scotland)

Tory MSP left lost for words over Deposit Return scheme claim during BBC interview

A TORY MSP was confronted with the "double standards" the UK Government has imposed on Scotland over its deposit return scheme - after…

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