Chris Packham

The world’s surging levels of plastic waste can only be effectively tackled through a major unified international effort which must be enshrined in a “global plastics treaty”, figures and institutions have said.Calling for the issue to be a priority at next month’s G7 summit in Cornwall, television presenter Chris Packham, along with Nestlé, the Co-op, and Aldi, as well as raft of politicians and NGOs are all urging the government to set out a globally aligned approach to deal with the problem.The letter says: “Some 300 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced every year. Less than 10 per cent...

CHRIS Packham has backed The Sun’s Show Some Bottle campaign saying it is “down to us” to solve the problems of plastic pollution. The Springwatch presenter said we need to confront the “pretty big problem” of bottles ending up in the sea and in landfill with the same vigour that scientists held when creating a vaccine for Covid-19.

Chris Packham has told supermarkets they should "unite not fight" over the Colin the Caterpillar cake row and help to save the UK's butterfly species instead. The naturalist and broadcaster slammed M&S after the supermarket has started legal action against Aldi over its iconic Colin the Caterpillar cake. The posh...

Celebrities have joined forces to save a forest in Ethiopia from extinction. Chris Packham and Joanna Lumley are some of the celebrities backing an appeal that launches today to save the Metema forest, which is part of Africa's Great Green Wall. Without urgent action, the forest could be extinct in...