Milk jugs - glass, plastic and paperboard - have different environmental impacts
Washington Post | 01 Mar 2011
Milk comes in different types of containers, each of which has varying environmental and health effects.
 Hazardous Waste | Impacts on Ecosystems | Plastics | Pollution | Waste | Waste Management

Can I use a frying pan and be green?
Guardian Unlimited | 14 Nov 2010
Beware slick new non-stick pans...The non-stick frying pan, a ubiquitous piece of kitchen equipment, cannot be relied on to keep its act together under extreme heat. The plastic synthetic coating (the non-stick bit) is made of Polytetra-flouroethylene (PTFE) and when it is burned it releases potentially harmful fumes. That's a design fault given that a frying pan on a normal hob can reach 350C in just a few minutes and tests show PTFE in non-stick pans degrading above 250C.
 England | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation

What's the greenest way to wrap my lunch?
Guardian Unlimited | 12 Oct 2010
Is is better for the environment to use clingfilm or aluminium foil to preserve your lunch for later? When I wrap my sandwiches in the morning, should I be using clingfilm or foil? Question posed via Twitter. This isn't the most pressing environmental crisis facing us today, but this niggling...
 England | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation

Sainsbury's excessive packaging case dropped
Guardian Unlimited | 11 Oct 2010
Trading standards officers in Lincolnshire dropped a landmark legal case against Sainsbury's over unneccessary packaging. Trading standards officers in Lincolnshire today dramatically dropped a landmark legal case against supermarket giant Sainsbury's over excessive and unneccessary packaging,...
 United Kingdom | Manufacturing and Environment | Plastics | Waste

Beach litter survey reveals plastics toll
The Independent | 26 Mar 2010
Piles of plastic rubbish, ranging from thousands of drinks bottles and carrier bags to a joke severed finger and a set of vampire teeth, were collected in the latest annual survey of beach litter.
 United Kingdom | Marine Life | Plastics | Waste

Fashion show pushes chemical message
Green Consumer Guide | 22 Jun 2006
A fashion show organised by Greenpeace has shown that the industry can avoid the use of toxic chemicals currently found in clothing, without compromising style.
 Economics and the Environment | Economy | Encroachment on Ecosystems | Nuclear Waste | Ocean Pollution | PCB | Plastics | Policy

England would win 'Litter World Cup'
Green Consumer Guide | 08 Jun 2006
A survey from litter charity Keep Britain Tidy has found that a high number of English people are ashamed of the state of the countrys streets and if there was such a thing as a Litter World Cup awarded for the amount of rubbish discarded – England would be clear winners.
 Encroachment on Ecosystems | Local Environment Initiatives | Urban Ecosystems | Urban Environment | Urban Planning | Urban Pollution | Urban Water and Sanitation | Urban Water Resources | Hazardous Waste

The bottle that heralds a plastic revolution
The Independent | 29 May 2006
It is the container that could launch a revolution. The first biodegradable bottle has gone on sale in Britain, raising hopes we may one day stop adding to the mountain of plastic packaging accumulating in shopping baskets and landfill sites.
 Plastics

Exposed: Secret plot to back radioactive waste dumps
Friends of the Earth- Scotland | 15 May 2006
Plans by the government's nuclear waste agency, Nirex, to run a secret campaign to overturn political and public opposition to dumping Britain's nuclear waste underground have been exposed.
 Waste Management | Hazardous Waste | Urban Environment | Urban Pollution | Health and Environment | Economics and the Environment | Nuclear Waste | PCB | Recycling

Scotland improving on recycling
Green Consumer Guide | 10 May 2006
Scotland recorded a 6% increase in recycling and composting between October and December 2005 compared to the same period the previous year, bringing the annual rate to 22.8%.
 Waste Management | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Hazardous Waste | Urban Environment | Urban Pollution | Nuclear Waste | PCB | Recycling | Plastics