Some UK supermarket schemes to tackle soft plastics pollution are not adequately addressing the issue. Our briefing The Great UK Soft Plastics Scandal warned this shortcoming could result in greenwashing being substituted for action. It also revealed how a fund set up by some of the world’s largest brands to encourage soft plastic recycling has yet to pay out a penny and exposes how a UK MP paid to chair a packaging industry lobbying group can directly influence a Parliamentary group he also chairs.
World Refrigeration Day (26 June) this year was themed around ‘Cooling Matters’ – so why does it? Because using air-conditioning to deal with the impacts of rising global temperatures has its own cost, especially from climate-harming refrigerants.
As the UK Ivory Act came into effect, two of our Elephant campaigners discussed events in Zimbabwe were several Africa nations gathered in a bid to push for a new legal trade in ivory – a rash move EIA believes would be devastating for elephants.
This month, we celebrate the work of the Wildlife Friends Foundation of Thailand, in recognition of their extraordinary work rescuing tigers from the infamous Phuket zoo …
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