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Are supermarkets doing enough to reduce single-use plastic waste?

This article originally appeared on FoodPrint. Plastic is ubiquitous in supermarkets. Produce packaged in clamshell containers; water bottles and jugs, peanut butter canisters, salad dressings in plastic bottles and jars; and pasta boxes with miniature plastic windows line almost every shelf. Those small pieces of plastic in your shopping cart add up to mountains of plastic waste. The U.S. generates 42 million metric tons of plastic waste each year and most ends up in oceans or landfills where it takes up to 500 years to break down. Your weekly shopping trip generates a significant portion of plastic waste. Advertisement: Supermarkets are where the average consumer encounters the most throwaway plastics, says John Hocevar, marine biologist and oceans campaign director for Greenpeace USA.

UK Government accused of COP26 greenwashing over deal with planet wrecking firm

Submitting. The firm’s suppliers include dozens of mills owned by Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, which has been implicated in deforestation activity and human rights abuses by groups including Amnesty International. Greenpeace told The Scotsman that by allowing Reckitt to become a ‘top tier’ sponsor of COP26, the summit was being subjected to “greenwashing”. However, the UK Government said Reckitt met its “robust sponsorship criteria,” adding the COP26 sponsors would ensure the event provides “value for money”. The Cabinet Office announced on Tuesday that Reckitt would be the “official hygiene partner” of COP26, joining the likes of SSE, Sottish Power and Sky as high-level sponsors of the conference, described by John Kerry, the US climate envoy, as the world’s “last best chance” to avert climate catastrophe.

Mark Williamson: North Sea Transition will not ease pressure on oil and gas sector

Mark Williamson: North Sea Transition will not ease pressure on oil and gas sector
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