News Round-Up
23 October 2024
by Will Jones
Democrats Are No Longer Hiding Their Plan to Censor America
22 October 2024
by Will Jones
Shoppers are in revolt after supermarkets removed lids on hummus to cut down on single-use plastics, a move criticised as counterproductive as it shortens the fridge-life and creates the need to use cling film.
Lego has said it will take the hit and pay up to 60% over the odds to buy lower-petroleum plastic in a race to remove fossil fuels from its bricks. It won't affect prices, they say. But for how long?
In 15 out of 16 applications of plastic covering 90% of global volume, the alternatives actually produced more greenhouse gases, according to a new science paper. Talk about an inconvenient conclusion.
No longer can you give a loved one a beautifully displayed array of chocolates from Fortnum & Mason, for the eco-misers have decreed that plastic is out and the sweets must henceforth be hidden beneath boring cardboard.
Consumers face rising prices, as the British Retail Consortium warns that the Government's new bottle recycling scheme will cost retailers ten times the amount officials previously claimed.
Princess Eugenie has said she wants her son to be a climate change activist from “aged two” and has stopped using plastic at home in order to combat climate change, which causes modern slavery.
Recycling plastic has wasted vast sums on an enterprise that has been harmful to the environment as well as to humanity, says John Tierney, and now even Greenpeace has admitted the truth on this.
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