The research estimates that the number of bags in use is set to increase by 40% between now and 2030, in line with the expected growth in online fashion sales. This means by 2030, 1.3 billion ...

Online fashion retailers delivered 941 million plastic bags to UK shoppers last year alone, equating to 2.6 million bags every day, widening the gap between high-street and online retail in efforts to ...

(The Center Square) – Plastic bags could eventually be a thing of the past in some ... “Especially when it comes to environmental pollution, communities should have the opportunity to do their part ...

"The international scientific coalition we are part of (as part of international UN negotiations on reducing plastic pollution) is calling for a major reduction in the production of primary ...

"What we see is the pollution is diffuse and established" and "comes from everywhere" in the rivers, he added. "The international scientific coalition we are part of (as part of international UN ...

"The pollution is present in all European rivers" studied, said French scientist Jean-François Ghiglione, who coordinated the large-scale operation across nine major rivers from the Thames to the ...

It will address issues such as waste management, water supply, affordable housing, traffic congestion, and urban pollution ... plastic waste be it single use plastics (SUPs) bags, multi layered ...