The council declared a ‘climate emergency’ and a crackdown on single-use plastics.

Almost 750,000 people have signed a series of petitions calling on the government to cha

Welsh district Neath Port Talbot is the latest council to have banned balloon releases.

Canadian city Kingston is the latest council to ban balloon releases.

Plastic single-use straws have been banned from all 900 Wetherspoons pubs.

A motion to ban foil balloons throughout Vancouver has been defeated.

The recent spate of bans and active campaigns against balloon releases continues, with South Tynes