SustFest20 runs 23 May to 7 June with 100+ events building environmental sustainability – across
St Albans, Harpenden and the villages: https://sustfest.org/
Supermarkets more plastic than ever
Supermarkets increase their plastic footprint in 2019. See how your favorite retailer is performing: https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/supermarkets-more-plastic-than-ever/
Read about Nigel’s willingness to be arrested
Recolight CEO & St Luke’s Nigel Harvey explains his principled stand for action on the climate emergency
The Plastic Backlash
Public opinion CAN quickly bring about change e.g. the current revolt about plastics.
Decades after it became part of the fabric of our lives, a worldwide revolt against plastic is under way.
Read the aricle “The plastic backlash: what's behind our sudden rage – and will it make a difference?”
(The Guardian)
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Bristol council votes to ban diesel cars in first for a UK city
Bristol is to become the first UK city to ban diesel cars from its streets as part of action to tackle illegal levels of air pollution.
Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA
The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup expands to polluted rivers
The Ocean Cleanup, which launched a system last year to clear away the Great Pacific Garbage Patch off California (The Ocean Cleanup launches to the Pacific Garbage Patch), just announced a new device to catch plastic before if flows into the ocean.
Read about it on CNET here
