2025-08-28T09:57:00+01:00By Emma Liggins
As our summer vacations draw to a close, have we left mountains of single-use water bottles in our wake? In this edition of the Brief, we weigh up the necessity of plastic bottles at tourist destinations, factoring in both safety and convenience, and consider best practices for our future holidays.
2025-08-22T14:08:00+01:00
INC-5.2 was a failure – but is that necessarily a bad thing? Willemijn Peeters, founder of Searious Business, tells us why this breakdown might be exactly what is needed.
2025-08-18T07:44:00+01:00By Tim Sykes
1257 days after governments first agreed to develop an international legally binding treaty on plastic pollution, the world is still waiting.
2025-08-15T12:53:00+01:00
In this article Njoki Kangethe, sustainability consultant and writer at EcoNjia, details the ‘green divide’ - a gulf between how sustainability is lived, discussed, and funded in wealthy nations versus the realities in the Global South.
2025-08-04T10:00:00+01:00
The European Commission has launched a public consultation and call for evidence for its upcoming Circular Economy Act, seeking input from stakeholders and the public to understand the opportunities and bottlenecks for a circular transition.
2025-08-04T07:57:00+01:00
With INC-5.2 kicking off tomorrow, WWF and the University of Birmingham underline its importance by linking micro- and nanoplastics (MnPs) to various environmental and human health impacts, ranging from disrupted food production to cancer and infertility.
2025-08-01T09:36:00+01:00
Danone is filing a lawsuit against Chobani, arguing that the company has copied the slogan and packaging colours of Danone’s ready-to-drink cold brew coffee line and infringed on its trademarks.
2025-07-30T08:55:00+01:00By Emma Liggins
Economic disparities between racial groups became a driving factor in New York State’s failure to implement EPR obligations for packaging producers; but packaging waste is already contributing to a reduced quality of life for disadvantaged communities, even beyond the American border. In this edition of the Brief, we examine the concept of environmental racism and discover how the packaging industry contributes to its impacts.
2025-07-24T07:31:00+01:00
According to an Environment Agency survey, 20% of waste is illegally managed on average, resulting in extra clean-up costs for businesses – yet only 27% of all waste crimes are ever reported.
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The Brief: Do single-use plastic water bottles spell disaster for tourism?
INC-5.2: Breaking point or turning point?
INC-5.2 was a failure – what happens next?
The Green Divide: why sustainability leaves the Global South behind
Public consultation and call for evidence launched for Circular Economy Act
The Brief: Do single-use plastic water bottles spell disaster for tourism?
INC-5.2: Breaking point or turning point?
INC-5.2 was a failure – what happens next?
The Green Divide: why sustainability leaves the Global South behind
Public consultation and call for evidence launched for Circular Economy Act