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Topic: Plastic

Features

Where do supermarket plastic collections really go?

A tiny fraction of plastic packaging returned to supermarkets is being recycled and there is a lack of transparency over where the rest of it ends up. An exclusive investigation for Wicked Leeks.

Ethical business Packaging Plastic Recycling
Refill shop
Lifestyle

What next for refill?

Packaging Plastic Price
Opinion

Welcome (back) to Wicked Leeks

Climate change Biodiversity Environment and ethics Ethical business Plant-based Plastic
Features

Less waste and healthy diets: Life in the past

There is some nostalgia within green circles for the 1940s, mainly because the war and subsequent rationing imposed a healthy diet and very low tolerance of waste, writes Simon Fairlie in his new book.

Food waste Environment and ethics Plastic
Features

The power of personality

Melissa Hemsley on her mum's kitchen common sense, how TV chefs encourage food waste and why she’s just as conflicted about ethical life choices as the rest of us.

Lifestyle

How to have an ethical Easter

Cut plastic, buy organic and support fair prices to farmers this Easter with our tips for how to buy (or make) an ethical Easter egg.

News

Loose fruit and veg could cut plastic and food waste

Broccoli, apples, bananas, potatoes and cucumbers could be sold loose and reduce plastic pollution with no detriment to food waste, ground-breaking new research finds.

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