Government is paying £1million a DAY to store 10,000 shipping containers full of PPE at Felixstowe

Government stores of nearly 10,000 containers of PPE have been racking up fees of around £1million a day as they sit in high-rate storage on the quay at Felixstowe port.   Around 11,000 containers full of PPE were being kept in the Suffolk port yard last week attracting sky-high fees, despite a continued lack of protection equipment … Read more

Felixstowe port chaos: Now firms face surcharges for containers

British businesses which sell and transport imported goods are facing spiralling costs of thousands of pounds and delays to their shipments as global problems continue to affect Britain’s biggest container port.  It comes after This is Money first revealed problems at the port in September, with companies reporting of delays receiving containers.   A surge in … Read more

Morrisons will trial paper containers for groceries

Morrisons will trial paper containers for groceries as the supermarket giant moves a step closer to removing all plastic bags from its stores Supermarket Morrisons to run trial with paper bags in bid to remove plastic bags Morrisons was the first UK supermarket to introduce paper carrier bags last year Removing bags for life out … Read more

Woman shares simple hack to remove stains from plastic containers in one minute without scrubbing

REVEALED: How to remove stubborn sauce stains from plastic containers in just one minute without any scrubbing A woman shared her simple hack to remove oily stains from plastic containers Adi Kempler uses washing up liquid, warm water and ripped-up paper towel Add all of the ingredients to the container, put the lid on and … Read more

Shipping containers could be converted into automated COVID-19 laboratories

New ‘portable coronavirus labs’ built into shipping containers and can be moved about on a truck, could provide a new low-cost way to process COVID-19 tests. Scientists from OpenCell.bio and King’s College London worked with a company called Opentrons Labworks to create the rapid robot-powered facility. The team say it is the first fully functional … Read more

Coca-Cola and Carlsberg back new all-plant drinks containers that will rot away within a year 

The end of plastic bottles? Coca-Cola and Carlsberg back new all-plant drinks containers that will rot away to nothing within a year Dutch biochemical company Avantium are developing a new plant-plastic The material would form a protective, recyclable layer inside a cardboard bottle  Avantium hopes to have their new drinks containers on shelves by 2023 By … Read more