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Joined January 2019
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Why did tea bags taste plasticy?
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Researchers from University College London estimate that if every person in the UK used one disposable face mask each day for a year, that would create 66,000 tonnes of plastic waste. Face masks / coverings are essential at times but please buy washable masks and also save money.
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Fightback Ninja@FightbackNinja4 Jul 2020
Independence Day mvnt.us/m1128289
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Always wear your face mask anywhere people could be near e.g. in shops, walking along the street, anywhere sociable.
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Check out my latest article: Plastic Pollution - Key Events in 2019 linkedin.com/pulse/plastic-p… via @LinkedIn

Plastic Pollution - Key Events in 2019

Many things happened in 2019 to build on the wake-up call in 2018 for the world to see the damage caused by plastic in the environment. The facts are disturbing:- 1.

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Check out my latest article: Zero Waste Shops linkedin.com/pulse/zero-wast… via @LinkedIn

Zero Waste Shops

The idea of creating “Zero Waste” shops is becoming popular as more people give it a try and shoppers start to get used to taking their own packaging to the shops for refills. The concept of Zero...

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Check out my latest article: Social Plastic linkedin.com/pulse/social-pl… via @LinkedIn
Can we make plastic bottles from old plastic bottles?
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Read about The Plastic Bank at linkedin.com/post/edit/66012…
Check out my latest article: Unilever Promises Plastics Reduction linkedin.com/pulse/unilever-… via @LinkedIn

Unilever Promises Plastics Reduction

Unilever, one of the biggest producers of household products including foods, cleaners and cosmetics has announced ambitious new commitments to reduce its plastic waste and help create a circular...

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Check out my latest article: Bacteria That Eat Plastic linkedin.com/pulse/bacteria-… via @LinkedIn

Bacteria That Eat Plastic

We need to stop polluting out planet with plastic waste and learn to re-cycle, re-use and re-purpose the plastic items that we create. But, we also need to work to remove the plastic pollution from...

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Check out my latest article: Carbon Offset for Air Travel linkedin.com/pulse/carbon-of… via @LinkedIn

Carbon Offset for Air Travel

Given time, air travel is likely to become a lot less polluting, but that will take a long time and a huge investment by the aircraft industry. In the meantime, we each need to review our reasons for...

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Milkmen are coming back.
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#Brexit
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My neighbour Jed told me he was worried about Brexit as he'd heard that there won't be anymore European cheese and he loves French cheese. I told him not to worry - if there's no French cheese then buy Italian instead - much better.
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Check out my latest article: UK Bottle Deposit Scheme linkedin.com/pulse/uk-bottle… via @LinkedIn

UK Bottle Deposit Scheme

DEFRA launched a public consultation on whether the government should set up a mandatory bottle-deposit scheme. The idea being that you will pay a deposit (10p – 20p) on any drink sold in a disposa...

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We need more free water fountains in public places.
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Many more companies are getting involved.
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Check out my latest article: My Prospectus linkedin.com/pulse/my-prospe… via @LinkedIn

My Prospectus

It’s a straightforward decision to make - will I continue to buy products in single use plastic or will I deny them a place in my home (and work)? The first step is that you need to carry out an...

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McDonald's starts to make it's packaging more sustainable
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About time those plastic rings disappeared off beer cans
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