In June of 2019, the country declared it would ban all single-use plastics as early as 2021.
We hear a lot about single-use plastics like bottles and packaging but tyre wear is a big problem.
The Scottish Government is seeking views on whether to ban or restrict the sale of single-use plastic items.
Life in the seas risks irreparable damage from the ever-increasing tide of plastic waste, the UN's head of oceans has warned.
Floating fences in India. Whimsical water- and solar-driven conveyor belts with googly eyes in Baltimore.
The pesticide was given temporary clearance to be used earlier this year because of a virus threat.
The designation covers a large area of deep sea habitat to the west of Scotland.
A rare wetland plant has reappeared after not being seen for more than a century.
Scientists in Indonesia launch the largest ever study into the health impacts of tiny plastic particles.
MPs vote to stop flights where the journey could be made by train in under 2.5 hours.
The military is preparing to deploy to the region to try to stop illegal logging and mining.
Scientists find out more about the threats of plastic to thousands of fish, whales and other aquatic life.
Kew Gardens botanists also named a new toadstool found at Heathrow airport and a bizarre scaly shrub from Namibia
Highways England scheme to encourage species-rich grasslands could create hundreds of miles of rare habitats after decades of loss
Across America, hazardous waste sites pose an ongoing threat to human and environmental health. The most severe cases are known as Superfund sites, of which over a thousand currently exist. Some 50 million Americans live within three miles of one of these zones, potentially placing them at increased risk for cancer and other serious diseases.
A fall in demand for Icelandic whale products means the controversial practice is no longer profitable.
Many of the thousands of primates kept in homes in England are said to be living in misery.
Silent Spring’s Detox Me app is a clean lifestyle guide that walks you through simple, research-based tips on how to reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals where you live, work, and play.
A study of microbial communities at the site of a 1989 deep-sea mining test suggests the fragile ecosystem may take half a century to fully recover
Project is part of national plan to help the endangered species prosper after numbers plunge by half
Europe's Sentinel satellite tasked with tracking dirty air maps the major emissions of sulphur dioxide.
A local councillor deemed the perpetrators ‘morons’
The Arctic Ocean will take up more CO2 over the 21st century than predicted by most climate models. This additional CO2 causes a distinctly stronger ocean acidification. These results were published in a study by climate scientists from the University of Bern and École normale supérieure in Paris. Ocean acidification threatens the life of calcifying organisms—such as mussels and "sea butterflies"—and can have serious consequences for the entire food chain.
The retailer will not sell magazines with disposable plastic toys after a campaign by a 10-year-old.
The researchers think that many of the species they have found could be brand-new discoveries.
The X-Press Pearl, off Sri Lanka, could be a threat to marine life and the fishing industry.
It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable.
Helped by volunteers, Trees for Life planted nearly 2m native trees on its Scottish projects. It wants to plant millions more
A growing number of world leaders advocate making ecocide a crime before the International Criminal Court, to serve as a “moral line” for the planet.
50 years old this month, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring helped kickstart the environmental movement and led the U.S. to ban the pesticide DDT. So why do some people blame Carson for millions of malaria deaths in Africa?
CMA issues ‘green claims code’ and says too many businesses falsely taking credit to woo customers
Rangers believe the national lockdown contributed to little terns fledging more than 200 chicks.
Thousands of synthetic substances have leaked into ecosystems everywhere, and we are only just beginning to realise the devastating consequences
Palm oil is one of the most efficient and widely used vegetable oils that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees. We've broken down they key facts.
More oil and gas wells are to be drilled in the North Sea, the UK government announces.
Arsenic levels at a former mining site in the Tamar Valley are posing a health risk to employees and the public using the site, a new study suggests.
Beluga whales Little Grey and Little White have been moved to the open-water section of the Sea Life Trust sanctuary in Klettsvik Bay.
Experts warn of potential for disaster as Exxon pursues 9bn barrels in sensitive marine ecosystem
South Korea is already a major player in the robotics industry, but fresh government investment worth nearly half a billion dollars represents the countries biggest ever push into the fast-growing global market.
Seeing record-breaking numbers of knot take flight "should be on everybody's bucket list".
A power plant manager is arrested after 20,000 tonnes of oil polluted an Arctic river.
It is believed to be the result of reduced human activity during the coronavirus pandemic.
Who doesn't love a picture of animals doing human things?
