British businesses which sell and transport imported goods are facing spiralling costs of thousands of pounds and delays to their shipments as global problems continue to affect Britain’s biggest container port. It comes after This is Money first revealed problems at the port in September, with companies reporting of delays receiving containers. A surge in … Read more
Sri Lanka sends back 21 containers full of ‘recycling’ to UK because it was full of rotting MEDICAL WASTE Previous illegal containers had rags, bandages and body parts from mortuaries The 260 tonnes of rubbish first arrived in capital Colombo’s main port in 2017 Another 242 containers from Britain remain abandoned at the same port … Read more
Morrisons will trial paper containers for groceries as the supermarket giant moves a step closer to removing all plastic bags from its stores Supermarket Morrisons to run trial with paper bags in bid to remove plastic bags Morrisons was the first UK supermarket to introduce paper carrier bags last year Removing bags for life out … Read more
REVEALED: How to remove stubborn sauce stains from plastic containers in just one minute without any scrubbing A woman shared her simple hack to remove oily stains from plastic containers Adi Kempler uses washing up liquid, warm water and ripped-up paper towel Add all of the ingredients to the container, put the lid on and … Read more
New ‘portable coronavirus labs’ built into shipping containers and can be moved about on a truck, could provide a new low-cost way to process COVID-19 tests. Scientists from OpenCell.bio and King’s College London worked with a company called Opentrons Labworks to create the rapid robot-powered facility. The team say it is the first fully functional … Read more
The end of plastic bottles? Coca-Cola and Carlsberg back new all-plant drinks containers that will rot away to nothing within a year Dutch biochemical company Avantium are developing a new plant-plastic The material would form a protective, recyclable layer inside a cardboard bottle Avantium hopes to have their new drinks containers on shelves by 2023 By … Read more
Commuters have resorted to wearing storage boxes, plastic bags and even babies’ nappies over their heads as they come up with novel ways to avoid contracting Coronavirus. Photos, circulated on social media, show people coming up with creative ways of covering their nose and mouths in a bid to avoid contamination, amid debate over how effective … Read more