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# plastic

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Ikea is getting rid of single-use straws from its stores and restaurants
16 Jul 2018
9.7k
25
The global war on plastic has left manufacturers rethinking their straw productions
8 Jul 2018
17.6k
30
McDonald's to replace plastic straws with paper ones in Irish restaurants
15 Jun 2018
13.1k
41
Plastic straws, cutlery and cotton buds could be banned across the EU
28 May 2018
15.4k
38
Have we broken the ocean?: 'Read the ingredient list before you buy your next batch of toiletries'
Professor Gordon Chambers
25 Apr 2018
25.3k
17
Scientists have accidentally created a mutant enzyme that eats plastic
17 Apr 2018
39.8k
44
Poll: Should a deposit be charged on single use bottles and cans?
28 Mar 2018
20.8k
92
Poll: Do you think supermarkets should reduce plastic packaging?
24 Mar 2018
35.9k
130
Pacific dump of plastic waste is now bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined
23 Mar 2018
32.3k
60
Most deepwater fish have ingested microplastics, new Irish study finds
19 Feb 2018
9.9k
21
The EU is going to ban single-use coffee cups by 2030
17 Jan 2018
13.4k
35
Plastic rubbish is killing hundreds of turtles every year
30 Dec 2017
8.8k
19
Poll: Should there be a levy on non-recyclable plastics?
8 Oct 2017
15.8k
95
Marks & Spencer is cutting down on packaging - here's how other supermarkets measure up
30 Jul 2017
24.9k
47
Lidl recalls vegetarian mince due to possible presence of bits of plastic
29 Jun 2017
8.6k
20
Almost 600,000 tonnes of packaging were recycled in Ireland last year
29 Jun 2017
8.7k
31
The Green Party wants to give you 10c back for each plastic bottle and can you recycle
17 Jun 2017
15.7k
53
Poll: Do you recycle?
27 Jan 2017
25.0k
59
Calls for Government to follow France and ban plastic cups and forks
27 Sep 2016
16.8k
48
Poll: Should Ireland ban plastic cups and plates?
21 Sep 2016
21.1k
24
Supermarket apologises after selling peeled mandarins in plastic packaging
5 Mar 2016
49.4k
59
There could be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050
19 Jan 2016
10.8k
36
Cut up your six pack rings warns IWDG after dolphin death in Cork
29 Aug 2014
23.9k
55
Almost the entire ocean surface has some plastic debris
1 Jul 2014
11.4k
26
What you need to know about 3D printing
18 Jan 2014
16.4k
15
Plastic chemical may expose foetuses to cancer
9 Apr 2013
10.2k
19
McCoy's crisps recalled after plastic found in packets
2 Apr 2013
8.0k
22
In numbers: Ireland's growing recycling trend
22 Aug 2012
5.5k
8
LA bans plastic… bags not surgery
24 May 2012
4.0k
9
Science students pick up prize for fuel project
31 Oct 2011
937
13
Pepsi unveils new plant-based bottle
15 Mar 2011
2.0k
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