The arena said the charge was needed to pay for transporting the cups to a special washing facility.

The 12-month pilot is being driven by the Venue Sustainability Forum and supported by Visit Belfast.

Claire Petrie is one of four members of the Great Britain team training for the 2025 world championships.

Hundreds of Lego pieces lost at sea 27 years ago are found in 2024, including the first shark.

Five schools now use reusable pudding pots after the children wrote letters raising their concerns.

Two years of negotiations to reduce global plastic production have collapsed amid a split between countries.

Members of the public created almost 70 artworks earlier this year to highlight plastic pollution.

Surveys led by volunteers say more than half of items found are also from an unknown origin.