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    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
      Moral Money
      Big Plastic’s pivot to offsets Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, lessons from Florida for the world of biodiversity credits

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    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Plastic ingestion by humans and animals altering cells, scientists say

      Study identifies new stomach disease in seabirds caused by microplastics

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    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
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      Blue sky thinking: bacteria have an appetite for recycling Premium content

      Start-ups are raising funds to speed up process that uses microbes

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    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
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      Worries over outages and soaring energy costs are spurring chemicals groups to reinvest in coal-fired power plants. Plus: companies and eco-campaigners urge clarity on reform. To come: rising raw material prices add to supply chain strain

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    • Friday, 28 October, 2022
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      How furniture design is tackling the plastics paradox

      It’s versatile, affordable, magical — and lethal for the environment. An exhibition explores its glorious past and future solutions

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    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
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      Fashion brands fail to tackle waste and unfair pay, says industry report

      Less than 1% of textile waste is recycled into fibres for new clothes, notes Global Fashion Agenda

      A pile of discarded used clothing in Chile
    • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
      World leaders agree to draw up ‘historic’ treaty on plastic pollution

      Ambitious resolution defies pushback from vested interests led by the petrochemicals industry

      Caps collected from used plastic bottles are stored in a museum in Nigeria
    • Friday, 25 February, 2022
      Manufacturers lobby to weaken UN global plastics treaty proposal

      Negotiations over landmark draft agreement lead to battle over scope of pollution problem

    • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
      How to deal with farmers’ love of plastic

      Sheeting, twine and packaging are beneficial, but not if used only once

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    • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
      Waste management & recycling
      Recyclers tackle pandemic face masks and wrappings

      Discarded protective items highlight increase in single-use kit and equipment

      Constructive approach: Binish Desai’s business in India began turning discarded face masks into building materials
    • Monday, 17 January, 2022
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      Recycled plastic prices double as drinks makers battle for supplies

      Rising cost of polyethylene terephthalate threatens sustainability targets set by companies

    • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
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      Lego makes breakthrough in quest for greener bricks

      World’s largest toymaker says it can make pieces from recycled drinks bottles

      A plastic bottle, pellets and bricks at Lego’s materials and safety testing labs in Billund, Denmark
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      Tampons vanish as Mexico City takes aim at single use plastics

      Ban of the sanitary products — and their applicators — has taken the capital’s female residents by surprise

    • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
      FT MagazineJancis Robinson
      Rethinking the bottle: could plastic, cans and kegs be greener?

      Glass is still the material of choice for fine wine — but we must embrace the alternatives

    • Saturday, 12 December, 2020
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      Plastic: A problem of excess

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