Home > UK Snack Company Trying To Help The Environment

Environment
UK Snack Company Trying To Help The Environment

Description

From drinking straw crackdowns to microbead bans to expanded fees for single-use shopping bags, the United Kingdom has been on a tear when it comes to curtailing the use of disposable plastic products and packaging. Several months ago, activists turned their attention to the staggering amount of plastic waste generated by a specific British dietary staple: bagged potato chips — or, as they're better known across the pond, crisps.

Added on the 10/12/2018 13:55:12 - Copyright : Wochit

To customise your video :

Generic export code

More videos on the subject

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at COP28

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is greeted by UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres while arriving for the COP28 climate talks in Dubai. IMAGES

01/12/2023 - AFPTV - First images
King Charles III arrives at COP28

Britain's King Charles III is greeted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the UN climate conference in Dubai. IMAGES

01/12/2023 - AFPTV - First images
Greta Thunberg leaves UK court after denying public order offence

Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg leaves a UK court after denying a public order offence, after she was arrested at a demonstration against the energy industry in central London. The 20-year-old activist -- a key face of the movement to fight climate change -- was among 26 people charged at the October 17 demonstration in the British capital. IMAGES

15/11/2023 - AFPTV - First images
Deadly Storm Babet batters Stonehaven harbour in UK

Heavy seas batter Stonehaven harbour as Storm Babet hits Scotland's east coast. The images come as a woman died being swept into a river and families were trapped in flooded homes in Scotland. Britain's Met Office has put parts of Dundee and Aberdeenshire under a red weather warning, that will be in place until midday Friday. IMAGES

20/10/2023 - AFPTV - First images
UK to push back ban on sale of petrol and diesel cars 'until 2035': PM Sunak

During a speech delivered to the press in London's Downing Street briefing room, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces the push back of the ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035. "We're going to ease the transition to electric vehicles. You'll still be able to buy petrol and diesel cars and vans until 2035.", he states. The announcement comes as the UK softens its policies initially aimed at achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. IMAGES

20/09/2023 - AFPTV - First images
UK to soften net zero policies in new 'pragmatic' approach: PM Sunak

During a speech delivered to the press in London's Downing Street briefing room, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces that the UK will soften policies aimed at achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and instead pursue a "pragmatic" approach to the hitting the target. "We can adopt a more pragmatic, proportionate and realistic approach to meeting net zero that eases the burdens on working people", he states. IMAGES

20/09/2023 - AFPTV - First images