Weekly News Round-up 18/10/2019

Weekly News Round-up

18 October 2019

Each Friday we provide you with the essential plastic news from the week. This week, we're pleased to be bringing you the latest updates from across the globe. Plus announcing this week's #PassOnPlastic hero!

To find out more, click on the tiles below.

Andrex told to stop claiming their wet wipes are 'flushable'

Andrex has been advertising their Washlets wipes as "flushable" but it has been found that they don't actually meet Water UK's 'Fine to Flush' standards.

When wet wipes are flushed, they don't disintegrate like toilet paper and often release microplastics that end up in our oceans. As well as this, flushing wet wipes can contribute to the 366,000 sewer blockages that happen in the UK every year!

Click here to find out more

UCL to ban crisp packets and petri dishes in crackdown on single-use plastic

The university have made a commitment to phase out the sale and use of single-use plastic products and packaging on its campus by 2024. This includes plastic bottles, disposable cutlery and pipette tips.

UCL are also planning to reduce waste by a fifth per person by 2024 and ban meat from university-catered events by 2030.

To find out more about UCL's pledges, click here

Weekly News Round-up

#PassOnPlastic Hero!

Scotland Bans Plastic Cotton Buds

Andrex Wet Wipes Not 'Flushable'

UCL Banning Single-Use Plastic