30 Nov 2021
Defra launch consultations on banning more single use plastics – give them your views MCS: ‘Our Great British Beach Clean was back in full swing this year, with thousands of volunteers heading outside to clear litter from their local streets, parks and over 55,000 metres of UK beaches. Now the results are in – and […]
01 Nov 2018
Three articles … in small steps the Government is moving to get a grip on single use plastics. 1. Budget 2018: Hammond confirms plastic tax to ‘transform economics of sustainable packaging’ The government is to introduce a new tax on plastic packaging as it seeks to ramp up efforts to tackle the scourge of litter and […]
10 May 2018
Bob Earll Waiting for Godot is Beckett’s famous play whose central characters wait but he never turns up. One wonders whether it will be 2042 before Government turns up and does anything on wet wipes in the face of the huge increase in their use and the growing costs to the water industry and environmental […]