Tag: City to Sea

New Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) report shows companies are failing to tackle plastic pollution so government must step up say environmentalists

Stuart Mitchell

Responding to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) new report, the Global Commitment 2022 Progress Report, environmentalists City to Sea, have said it shows the need for government to play a more interventionist role in light of businesses’ failure to voluntarily act. Commenting, City to Sea’s Policy Manager, Steve Hynd, said: “This report shows clearly that voluntary commitments from big business have failed to tackle the plastic crisis. If anything, it shows how plastic production has gone up since it was set up in 2018. This is a deplorable failure by businesses…

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Coca-cola under pressure from investors and environmentalists to clean up its act 

Stuart Mitchell

Activist Investment Platform Tulipshare has teamed up with City to Sea to launch a new shareholder campaign asking The Coca-Cola Company to reduce its single-use plastic consumption by 25%.  This comes after COP27 announced Coca-Cola as a sponsor despite being named as the top plastic polluter four years in a row, a decision which has left many activists ‘baffled’. Currently, Coca-Cola sells more than 100 billion plastic bottles every year, or 200,000 bottles a minute.  Despite Coca-Cola’s “Every Bottle Back” and “World Without Waste” campaigns, the company retained its title as the world’s top plastic polluter for…

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New report shows how England is falling behind the rest of the EU in key environmental standards 

Stuart Mitchell

As key environmental legislation on plastic pollution is implemented across the EU, environmental campaigners, City to Sea, have warned that England is falling behind the rest of Europe despite promises of a ‘Green Brexit’.    Despite Scotland and Wales joining other EU countries in adopting plans and legislation to ban the top 15 most polluting single-use plastics such as plastic cutlery, plates and polystyrene food packaging, one year after the rules were adopted across Europe, England still has no draft legislation in place. Campaigners say that England is now at…

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No excuse for single-use cups at events as plastic experts say there are “solutions on tap” in new guide 

Stuart Mitchell

Festivals and arenas have been turning away from single-use plastic cups and now smaller events can too.  New guide offers small and medium-sized events “solutions on tap” to avoid plastic pollution.   Festivals currently use 100 million single-use plastic cups a year creating 30,000 tonnes of waste1.  Best practices highlighted including Shambala Festival, Manchester Food and Drink Festival and Litter Free Dorset’s borrow cup scheme.    DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE IN FULL HERE  There is “no excuse for single-use” cups to still be used at events according to the environmental not-for-profit…

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New study into microplastics in bottled water a “wake up call” for British consumers

Stuart Mitchell

Responding to a new report by French NGO, Agir Pour L’environnement, that found that 78% of bottled water contains microplastics and that the Vittel kids bottle contained the highest quantities, the British not-for-profit, City to Sea, who campaign to stop plastic pollution at source said this was a “wake up call” for British consumers. Jo Morley, City to Sea’s Head of Marketing and Campaigns said, “This latest study shows clearly that most bottled water contains microplastics which is a far cry from the marketed image of “purity” that those who…

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