Since 2008, Leeds University Union was the first union in the UK to ban the sale of water in the Union’s shops and outlets after a campus-wide referendum where 4000 students voted. However after the […]
An Estimated 132,000 Plastic Bottles and Cups Not Recycled Annually From Fruity
In 2018-19, an estimated 132,600 plastic cups and bottles produced at Fruity were not recycled. New statistics discovered by The Gryphon have revealed large quantities of plastic waste produced by the weekly club night at […]
Why Costa’s marketing manoeuvre was an environmental blunder
October 1st saw what has been branded as “one of the biggest marketing campaigns in Costa’s history”. Yes, I’m talking about their phenomenal free drink giveaway which granted every single customer the drink of their […]
New York Tackles Plastic Consumption
On the 22nd of April, New York became the second US state to implement a state-wide ban of disposable plastic bags, following in the footsteps of California, which put a similar ban in place in […]
Plastic Free By 2023
The University of Leeds and Leeds University Union have pledged to stop using single-use plastics on campus by 2023, it was announced on Wednesday 7th November. Students have responded positively to the news that their […]
Clean-up your act: Solution to our Ocean’s Plastic Crisis?
If you’ve been living in a cave this last year, or on a social media hiatus that caused you to miss the news and Blue Planet 2, you may not know about the planet’s plastic […]
Blue Planet 2 – Week 4: The Big Blue
Last week we explored the “Big Blue” – the wide expanses of oceans in which there are no visible coastlines and organisms are exposed to the elements. These conditions really test the marine animals which […]
Plastic Panic! How does synthetic waste affect the oceans?
“There is no away – because plastic is so permanent and so indestructible. When you cast it into the ocean, there is no away” Sir David Attenborough Plastics are almost in everything that we touch […]