I used to love my Teflon pans. I crisped tofu, fried latkes, and reduced sauces to sticky glazes in them, marveling at how ...

By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc. New research reveals that common food packaging and utensils can shed microscopic plastics into our food, prompting urgent calls for stricter testing and updated ...

According to estimates, England uses 2.7 billion items of single-use cutlery, most of which are plastic, and 721m single-use plates per year, but only 10% are recycled.

A ban on plastic cutlery, plates and polystyrene trays is coming into force from 1 October. It applies to retailers, takeaways, food vendors and other hospitality businesses. Firms that continue to ...

The government said 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion items of single-use cutlery are used in England each year, equivalent to 20 plates and 75 pieces of cutlery per person.

As England announced over the weekend that it would ban several single-use plastic items, including cutlery and plates, environmental advocates greeted the measure with more of a tepid clap than ...

The European Union banned single-use plastic plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks and cotton buds last summer. India, the world’s second most populous country, imposed a ban on single-use plastic ...

England’s banning the sale of more single-use plastics, including plates, cutlery, trays, bowls, and more starting in October 2023. However, the ban won’t affect the pre-packaged food items ...

England uses 2.7 billion items of single-use cutlery per year as well as 721 million single-use plates, but only 10 per cent are recycled, according to Coffey’s Department for Environment, Food ...

Single-use plastic plates, trays and cutlery are set to be banned in England from October and wet wipes could be next, the Government has warned. The Department for the Environment said the new ...

Single-use plastic plates, cutlery and a host of other items are set to be banned in England from October, the government has said. The Department for the Environment said that a new ban will also ...

PLASTIC plates, cutlery and food containers will be axed from October. It will apply to take-aways but not those used in shelf-ready pre-packaged food. Single-use balloon sticks, bowls and trays wi… ...