The ban will cover plastic plates, trays, bowls, cutlery, balloon sticks and certain kinds of polystyrene cups and food containers, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra ...

Plastic cutlery, plates and trays are set to finally be banned in England this year after Tory ministers were accused of dragging their feet. Environment Secretary Therese Coffey will announce ...

Schools in Needham have cut down on their food waste by replacing their old cafeteria lunch trays with reusable metal ones.

The plates can also serve curry and other soup-based dishes." If people don't want to eat E-Tray's dishware, it still ends up being better for the environment than biodegradable plastic as it ...

Jan. 9 (UPI) --Britain is adding plastic cutlery, plates and polystyrene trays to the list of plastics being banned in the country to protect the planet, the government's environmental watchdog ...

Jonathan Ernst, the custodian at Needham Public Schools’ Middle School, used to take out nine barrels of trash each lunch ...

The UK said it will ban single-use plastic cutlery and plates in England from October as part of a drive to reduce plastic pollution and protect the marine environment. Under the new rules ...

Single-use plastic plates, cutlery and a host of other ... The ban will not apply to plates, trays, and bowls used as packaging in what the Department called “shelf-ready pre-packaged food ...

Single-use items like plastic cutlery, plates and trays will be banned for takeaway food in England, the government has said. The new law comes into affect from 1 October 2023, and follows similar ...

Single-use plastic cutlery, plates and other items will be banned ... The ban will also include single-use trays, balloon sticks and some types of polystyrene cups and food containers.

Starting in October, England will ban single-use plastic plates, trays, bowls, cutlery and some polystyrene cups and food containers. The government said that England uses an estimated 2.7 billion ...

She will announce a ban on plastic plates, trays, bowls, cutlery, balloon sticks and certain types of poly­styrene cups and food containers next week. Announcing the move, she said it would have ...