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Nestlé and UK supermarkets sign open letter calling for G7 nations to show leadership this June

TV presenters Chris Packham and Liz Bonnin have joined forces with businesses and campaigners to urge G7 leaders to put plastic pollution on the agenda when they meet next month. In an open letter, more than 30 business leaders, environmental campaigners, peers and MPs called on the UK Government to include a global treaty on plastics for discussion at the G7 summit of leading economies in Cornwall in June. They warn that 300 million tonnes of plastic waste are produced every year, while less than 10% of all plastic has ever been recycled and it has been found in our water, food and the air p...

Share this article Share this article LOS ANGELES, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Dieline announced its 2021 Dieline Awards winners, presenting trophies to 205 recipients across a wide range of categories. Dieline Awards, now in its 12th year, is one of the world's largest global packaging design competitions. Presented by Adobe and sponsored by Neenah, Designalytics, and Manter, Dieline Awards 2021 recognizes the absolute best and brightest designers and agencies creating product packaging throughout the world, raising awareness of the enormous value that goes into brand packaging d...

Turkey has ruled out imports of ethylene polymer plastics after a Greenpeace report found UK rubbish is being illegally dumped there.

Campaigners have welcomed moves by Turkey to ban imports of plastic waste after it emerged UK rubbish was being dumped in the country. The Turkish trade ministry has added ethylene polymer plastics – which includes plastic film and bags and containers for shampoos and detergents – to its list of waste materials that are illegal to import. The move comes in the wake of a report from Greenpeace which highlighted how UK plastic has been found dumped and burned across southern Turkey. The campaign group said investigators documented piles of plastic waste dumped illegally by the roadside, in...