Plastics

Plastic-free festivals
Summer survival guide

24 Jun 2019

Plastic-free festival essentials: here's how to keep plastic off the bill when you're in a field with the sounds of summer in your ears and the smell of the breakfast van in your nostrils.

Plastics

Natural resources

Tips for plastic-free festivals

24 Jun 2019 | 2 minute read

There used to be one rule: don’t take anything you’re not prepared to lose or damage, but 2019 festivals are all about getting drastic on plastic.

Plastics

Press release

Friends of the Earth reacts to Which? research on supermarket food packaging

22 Jun 2019 | 1 minute read

“There is no excuse for this level of plastic use by supermarkets. They need to do far more, not just to make the plastic recyclable, but to avoid using it in the first place. "

Plastics

Press release

Gove stirred into action - Friends of the Earth calls for legislation to go further

22 May 2019 | 1 minute read

Friends of the Earth calls on Michael Gove to introduce legislation covering all unnecessary plastics, not just a handful of items

Plastics

Press release

How we fought for new EU rules to stop plastic pollution

23 Apr 2019 | 3 minute read

Meadhbh Bolger from Friends of the Earth Europe played a key role in pushing for new EU legislation on single-use plastics. She tells Celeste Hicks about the new law.

Plastics

Plastic problem: why we need government action

11 Apr 2019 | 3 minute read

Plastic is almost inescapable. Asking people to avoid plastic just isn’t realistic unless we get tough on the companies producing it.

Plastics

Plastic's hidden journey to Indonesia

21 Mar 2019 | Emma Priestland | 5 minute read

Friends of the Earth’s Emma Priestland recently travelled to Indonesia to research plastic pollution. She was horrified at what she found.

Plastics

Who we are

Taking over Team Sky is a blatant attempt at greenwashing by Ineos

19 Mar 2019 | 1 minute read

“It’s a harsh change of tone that may see Sky’s Ocean Rescue campaign to clear plastic pollution from our oceans ditched from the team jersey in favour of Ineos"

Climate change

Plastics

Press release