Sandra Laville

London, United Kingdom

Senior Correspondent at The Guardian

Sandra Laville, senior correspondent for The Guardian.

Articles

Just 9.5% of plastic made in 2022 used recycled material, study shows

1 week ago | msn.com | Sandra Laville

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Just 9.5% of plastic made in 2022 used recycled material, study shows

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sandra Laville

Less than 10% of the plastic produced around the world is made from recycled material, according to the first detailed global analysis of its life cycle. The research reveals that most plastic is made from fossil fuels, predominantly coal and oil, despite rhetoric by producers, supermarkets and drinks companies about plastic being recycled. The research analysed the 400m tonnes of plastic produced in 2022 in order to support attempts to reduce pollution and promote sustainable plastic management.
UK boiler upgrade grants could be extended to heat batteries

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sandra Laville

The UK government is considering expanding the boiler upgrade grant scheme to cover sources of low-carbon heating for domestic homes other than heat pumps, the Guardian understands. The government has a target of 600,000 heat pump installations annually by 2028. But data from the Resolution Foundation on Wednesday revealed worryingly low uptake of heat pumps.
Campaigners find sewage pollution and E coli in Boat Race water

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Sandra Laville

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Campaigners find sewage pollution and E coli in Boat Race water

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sandra Laville

Water quality along the stretch of the River Thames which will host the iconic Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race has been classified as poor by clean water campaigners, as a result of E coli from sewage pollution. Testing carried out along the four-mile route, which the university rowing teams will tackle on Sunday, has revealed E coli levels which are three times above the threshold for poor bathing water status.
Plan for Norfolk megafarm rejected by councillors over environmental concerns

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sandra Laville

A megafarm which would have produced almost one million chickens and pigs at any one time has been blocked by councillors in Norfolk over climate change and environmental concerns. Councillors on King’s Lynn and West Norfolk borough council unanimously rejected an application to build what would have been one of the largest industrial poultry and pig units in Europe.
Environment secretary’s appeal against Yorkshire river pollution ruling fails

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Sandra Laville

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Ministers lose appeal against Yorkshire anglers’ river pollution ruling

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sandra Laville

A group of anglers trying to restore the ecosystem of a river have seen off a challenge by the environment secretary, Steve Reed, who claimed that cleaning up their waterway was administratively unworkable. Reed took an appeal against a group of anglers from North Yorkshire, who had won a legal case arguing that the government and the Environment Agency’s plans to clean up the Upper Costa Beck, a former trout stream devastated by sewage pollution and runoff, were so vague they were ineffectual.
sewage dumps in Windermere must end, says activist

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Sandra Laville |Michael Goodier

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‘The nation is watching’: sewage dumps in Windermere must end, says activist

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Sandra Laville |Michael Goodier

Celebrated by William Wordsworth, Windermere has long epitomised the natural timeless beauty of the Lake District, with millions of tourists drawn to the shores that inspired the poet. But today England’s biggest lake is a shadow of its 19th century self: its waters no longer clear but blighted by algae and its wildlife decimated by pollution, in a symbol, critics say, of all that is wrong with the privatised water industry.