September 14, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Starmer and Reed pulled the plug on the plans to stop "single-use" (i.e. unrecycled) cups, bowing to industry lobbying and citing cost concerns
envirotecmagazine.com/2024/12/06/g...
envirotecmagazine.com/2024/12/06/g...
Government pulls plans for a takeback scheme for single-use cups | Envirotec
The UK government has cancelled plans to proceed with a takeback scheme for single-use cups. Announced by Boris Johnson's Conservative government in No ...
envirotecmagazine.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Not a big ask - let's get rid of plastic-wrapped fruit & veg by 2030: supermarkets profit and the rest of us pay to clean up the #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution (and #FoodWaste)
July 2, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Not a big ask - let's get rid of plastic-wrapped fruit & veg by 2030: supermarkets profit and the rest of us pay to clean up the #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution (and #FoodWaste)
#PlasticWaste and #PlasticWaste
Huge #PublicHealth and environmental health implications.
Doubling in scale every ten years. This cannot continue
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Huge #PublicHealth and environmental health implications.
Doubling in scale every ten years. This cannot continue
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows
Blood tests on migratory chicks fed plastics by their parents show neurodegeneration, as well as cell rupture and stomach lining decay
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
#PlasticWaste and #PlasticWaste
Huge #PublicHealth and environmental health implications.
Doubling in scale every ten years. This cannot continue
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Huge #PublicHealth and environmental health implications.
Doubling in scale every ten years. This cannot continue
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#PlasticsTreaty #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution
I asked the government why it was not working to ban industry lobbyists from the talks. I will be asking again soon I fear
I asked the government why it was not working to ban industry lobbyists from the talks. I will be asking again soon I fear
August 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
#PlasticsTreaty #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution
I asked the government why it was not working to ban industry lobbyists from the talks. I will be asking again soon I fear
I asked the government why it was not working to ban industry lobbyists from the talks. I will be asking again soon I fear
So many myths about #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution. It can't really be recycled, only downcycled. Not for a #CircularEconomy.
You can read my complete speech here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
You can read my complete speech here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
So many myths about #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution. It can't really be recycled, only downcycled. Not for a #CircularEconomy.
You can read my complete speech here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
You can read my complete speech here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
Corruption in the UK waste sector is bad enough. Exporting plastic overseas where it is not recycled shifts environmental and public health harm onto others.
#PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution
#PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution
December 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Corruption in the UK waste sector is bad enough. Exporting plastic overseas where it is not recycled shifts environmental and public health harm onto others.
#PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution
#PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution
Government is considering, reviewing and consulting ... well that is something. Although meanwhile the planet, and country, is further choked with #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution
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If plastic is labelled as recycled, it must genuinely be recycled and produced under proper environmental and labour standards.
The Government should assess the EU proposals carefully — and match them to protect people and planet.
#Recycling #EnvironmentalStandards
The Government should assess the EU proposals carefully — and match them to protect people and planet.
#Recycling #EnvironmentalStandards
February 16, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Government is considering, reviewing and consulting ... well that is something. Although meanwhile the planet, and country, is further choked with #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
September 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Not something I say often, but we'll done Avanti. Why don't all trains have this? Reducing #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution and encouraging #PublicHealth
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Not something I say often, but we'll done Avanti. Why don't all trains have this? Reducing #PlasticWaste #PlasticPollution and encouraging #PublicHealth
Reduce and reuse are the crucial actions - with a focus particularly on the former for the two-thirds of fabrics that are #PlasticWaste producing #PlasticPollution
I've just published my first @forbes.com science story of 2025 - it's about textile waste and it features a brand-new study that looks at the scale of the problem in cities 🧪👩🔬 www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
Wealthy Cities Are Generating And Exporting Mountains Of Textile Waste
Somewhere between 80 and 150 billion items of clothing are produced each year, but urbanites are disposing of them at record speeds. The implications are stark.
www.forbes.com
January 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Reduce and reuse are the crucial actions - with a focus particularly on the former for the two-thirds of fabrics that are #PlasticWaste producing #PlasticPollution
#PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution
We are choking this planet, and the costs are rising fast
#FoodSecurity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We are choking this planet, and the costs are rising fast
#FoodSecurity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades
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March 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution
We are choking this planet, and the costs are rising fast
#FoodSecurity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We are choking this planet, and the costs are rising fast
#FoodSecurity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Can we develop alternatives to small plastic sachets? Just hearing discussion of #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution.
Er yes, not rocket science: jam dispensers at Exeter Holiday Inn
Er yes, not rocket science: jam dispensers at Exeter Holiday Inn
December 14, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Can we develop alternatives to small plastic sachets? Just hearing discussion of #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution.
Er yes, not rocket science: jam dispensers at Exeter Holiday Inn
Er yes, not rocket science: jam dispensers at Exeter Holiday Inn
On this #ChokedPlanet, we are just starting to come to grips with the impacts of #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution, and their impacts on #PublicHealth
Microplastics (mp) have been linked to stroke but mechanisms unknown. In mice, mp were phagocytosed & detected in altered phagocytes in the blood that could cause blockages in small blood vessels and thrombi linked with transient alterations in brain.🧪
Microplastics in the bloodstream can induce cerebral thrombosis by causing cell obstruction and lead to neurobehavioral abnormalities
Microplastics get in the blood and are eaten by immune cells, leading to cell obstruction and cerebral thrombosis.
www.science.org
January 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
On this #ChokedPlanet, we are just starting to come to grips with the impacts of #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution, and their impacts on #PublicHealth
September 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
February 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"Plastics recycling" is essentially a con.
Instead we are choking the planet (and our own bodies) with #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Instead we are choking the planet (and our own bodies) with #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just 9.5% of plastic made in 2022 used recycled material, study shows
Global research reveals most of 400m tonnes produced using fossil fuels, predominantly coal or oil
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
"Plastics recycling" is essentially a con.
Instead we are choking the planet (and our own bodies) with #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Instead we are choking the planet (and our own bodies) with #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
September 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
September 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
There is no escape from #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution on this choked, #PoisonedPlanet, with huge implications for #PublicHealth and #OneHealth
Microplastics are so ubiquitous in the environment that some scientists think we should track how they cycle through the global oceans, atmosphere, and soil much in the same way we track carbon and phosphorus. 🧪
There’s Even Plastic in Clouds
Five new places scientists have uncovered plastics.
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April 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
There is no escape from #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution on this choked, #PoisonedPlanet, with huge implications for #PublicHealth and #OneHealth