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Behaviour change trial aims to inform government plans to make food waste collection mandatory, trade body says

THE Compostable Coalition UK, with advisory board members including M&S, Ocado and WWF, has reported a five-fold increase in consumers disposing of their

The trial from Compostable Coalition UK reported a five-fold increase in consumers disposing of compostable packaging in their food waste bins.

Each year, over 450 million tonnes of plastic are produced, which is the equivalent weight of 800,000 Airbus A380s! More than 40% of this plastic is single-use and only 9% is recycled. Sooner or later, the rest of it ends up in nature, causing ecosystems to deteriorate and endangering numerous species. At the current pace, by 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish. To try to combat this scourge, the Israeli start-up Tipa has invented flexible, compostable packaging which...