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NEWS FROM MOLD PLASTIC REDUCTION

Here are news items about single use plastic and how to use less of it, plus posts on wider environmental concerns and about the MPR group and its activities. If you’re not already doing so, you can also keep in touch with what’s going on via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram – and/or subscribe to our newsletter using the form below.

Mold Repair Cafe.

MOLD REPAIR CAFÉ

Repair Café Mold will be open on Sunday 26 June, from 11.00-13.00, at Parkfields Community Centre, Ash Grove, Mold, CH7 1TB. Run by volunteers, …
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Artificial grass.

PLASTIC GRASS GETS ADS BAN

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints of greenwashing against adverts claiming that artificial grass made by Evergreens UK Ltd is eco-friendly. Given …
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A heap of coloured plastic bottles.

PET-EATING ENZYME

There’s no need to worry about your cat or dog: it’s polyethylene terephthalate, commonly known as PET, that German scientists are targeting. The most …
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Woman wrapped in Canadian flag looks across lake at mountains.

CANADA BANS PLASTICS

In December this year, Canada will introduce a ban on the manufacture and import of single-use plastic bags, cutlery, straws, stir sticks, carrier rings, …
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