27 January 2025
Disposal of waste upholstered domestic seating: the chemical burden on UK councils
Waste upholstered domestic seating has been found to contain legacy chemical flame retardants banned under the Stockholm Convention. Following rulings from national environmental agencies, this waste furniture must be separated and incinerated. Though a step forward in protecting the environment and human health, this has placed extra resource demands on local councils.
6 September 2022
Fidra’s Approach to Supporting Sustainability
Transparency needs to be common practice to achieve best practice.
4 May 2022
A New Global Plastics Agreement
What does a global treaty mean for plastic pollution and what are the next steps in the UN negotiations?