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Sony to use paper, bamboo materials in packaging

Sony Corp. will focus on using eco-friendly materials for product packaging instead of plastics from April 2023.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Bin collection dates in Sefton during Christmas and New Year

Sefton Council has confirmed what changes will be in place during the festive period

Liverpool Echo

Country diary: Litter, litter, everywhere

Kendal, Cumbria: Here in the river we do our best to remove the waste that is at least visible to the naked eye

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Rubbish at Perth roadside is not the council's responsibility

Dunkeld Road in Perth has a new landmark - a mountain of rubbish that no one wishes to touch

Daily Record

Glasgow bins could be taken away by council if recycling contaminated

The proposal is included in new policies which would also see an extra bin for an expanded range of plastic pots, tubs, trays with film and bottles.

Glasgow Live

Mum's lost baby items turn up in recycling centre 13 years later

Catherine Tetley was convinced she would never see the items again

Liverpool Echo

Woolworths, Coles and Aldi join to tackle soft plastics crisis, amid calls to ‘start afresh’

Major supermarkets are banding together after the REDcycle debacle, but a focus on recycling could be neglecting the bigger plastic issue.

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Residents left frustrated as bins pile up in their narrow street in Neath

Residents of Mary Street in Neath say they once went four weeks without a collection

Wales Online

Supermarkets scramble for plastic solution

Coles, Woolworths and ALDI will team up to address a major hole in Australia's recycling landscape following the collapse of the REDcycle program.

AAP

Driver faces losing van after being caught flytipping

Liverpool Council is launching an enforcement team to crack down on environmental offences

Liverpool Echo

Illicit goods seized by Falkirk trading standards team get a new lease of life

Fake goods will be transformed into everything from air freshener to children's playparks

Daily Record

You shouldn't put 'compostable' plastic bags in your compost heap, government admits

Plastic packaging labelled 'compostable' has been branded a con by green campaigners, after it emerged that it doesn't actually do what it says on the label. And there are fears that toxic chemicals from the packaging could seep into the environment

Daily Mirror

Black bin bags in RCT would be collected every three weeks under new proposals

The council said the changes are being considered so they can reach their recycling targets and avoid fines for not doing so

Wales Online

TUI holidaymakers slam 'worst' five-star Cape Verde trip after being struck down with sickness bug

Consett couple claim their 'luxury' holiday was 'ruined' by gastric illness, complaining of a 'filthy pool' and flies that appeared to be everywhere

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Early Brisbane garbage collection prompts petition but ultimately shot down by council

Brisbane City Council dismisses a petition calling for it to ensure garbage collection trucks do not start their morning runs before 5:30am in the suburbs.

AAP

Demand for global fix to plastic pollution

New survey data shows a public expectation to do more on plastics waste amid hopes a UN treaty will level the corporate playing field with universal rules.

Daily Record

Here's when you should put your bins out this festive season

West Lothian Council has announced Christmas and New Year bin dates

Evening Standard

Food wrappers make up ‘almost a quarter of lightweight plastic in Thames’

Data from the Zoological Society reveals that food wrappers comprise 20 per cent of the litter found scattering the foreshores of the 215-mile river

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Liverpool Echo

Undercover sting prevents huge Liverpool criminal dumping operation

Thousands of tonnes of waste were set to be illegally dumped at Liverpool site

Newsroom.co.nz

'The more you know about waste, the less you sleep at night'

Business editor Nikki Mandow visits Waste Management's Auckland-based Redvale Landfill and hears some sobering truths about rubbish and climate change from a most unexpected quarter.

Liverpool Echo

Where superbins have been installed and who is getting them next

Subterranean super bins could be coming to a street near you soon

Wales Online

Black bin bags will be collected every three weeks instead of two in Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire residents will also be able to recycle more when the changes come into force at the end of January

The Independent UK

Nigerian teens create fashion from trash to fight pollution

Teenage climate activists in Nigeria’s largest city are recycling trash into runway outfits for a “Trashion Show.”

Salon

The plastic waste pyramid controversy

Some call it a missed opportunity to push for plastic production cuts

Daily Mirror

Two-thirds of Brits feel 'overwhelmed' by information on how to be eco-friendly

More than half feel confused in their efforts to be green - as 43% point to conflicting information as stalling their sustainable habits

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