Howzat! Single-use plastic bowled out of the Oval
Reusable glasses and free drinking fountains have brought the stadium within a whisker of achieving its plastic-free goal…
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The numbers back the claim: the world produces as much as 50 million tonnes of e-waste a year – valued at over $62.5bn – outweighing all commercial aircraft ever constructed, a UN report in 2019 revealed.