Fidra’s Approach to Supporting Sustainability
Transparency needs to be common practice to achieve best practice.
Chemical flame retardants: New study highlights chemical exposure risk from household furniture
Chemical flame retardants are being increasingly linked to harmful health and environmental effects, many are calling for alternatives to achieving fire safety.
A New Global Plastics Agreement
What does a global treaty mean for plastic pollution and what are the next steps in the UN negotiations?
PFAS in Compostable Packaging – why change is needed
Repeated studies have found high levels of harmful and persistent chemicals, PFAS, in moulded fibre compostable food packaging – the…
Bans and beach cleans bring ocean optimism
Scotland’s single-use plastics ban and fewer plastic cotton buds in UK beach litter offer a hopeful outlook
Fidra at COP26 goes live
We bring nurdles, packaging and chemical pollution to the attention of the world online and in person at COP26
Butterdean Wood Dedication
In memory of Jasper Hamlet
The Great Global Nurdle Hunt launches
October marks the start of the Great Global Nurdle Hunt 2021 month long event. Find out how you can get involved and why it’s so important to take part this year.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) explained
Extended Producer Responsibility, or EPR, is seen as a valuable tool in the box of solutions to packaging pollution, but…
It’s good to have standards
A new publicly available specification (PAS) has been launched today outlining processes companies should follow to minimise the risk of plastic pellet spills to the environment.