Recycling
Volcom plunges into sustainable swimwear partnership with Aquafil
Following tie-up last year with Speedo, Italian materials manufacturer Aquafil announces new closed-loop swimwear collaboration with Volcom
Ministers reject calls for charge on UK's disposable coffee cups
Therese Coffey claims 5p charge is not warranted as industry and chains are already doing enough voluntarily to reduce waste
Bio-bean launches coffee logs to heat London homes
Logs made from recycled coffee are now available for Londoners to buy and burn in their own home as lower carbon alternative to wood
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall should wake up and smell the coffee, corporate trials are not always 'greenwash'
The broadcaster last week labelled a trial to tackle woeful coffee recycling rates as corporate 'greenwash' - such criticism is both unfair and counterproductive
British households fail to recycle a 'staggering' 16 million plastic bottles a day
Almost half of all plastic bottles used in the home end up in landfill sites, research shows, with huge impacts on marine life
National Recycling guidelines set out 'definitive' list of what can and cannot be recycled
New guidelines also explain how some recycled items need to be disposed of in certain ways
Giant coffee cup bins campaign to descend on Manchester
Campaign from environmental charity Hubbub will see coffee cup-shaped bins collect cups for recycling
Give Coffee Cups #1MoreShot
A challenge has been laid down to the coffee shop industry, Hubbub's Trewin Restorick reveals how it is today looking to respond with a bold new coffee cup recycling experiment
Local authorities could save £300m a year in litter costs if producers footed the bill, says ESA
Waste management industry body lays out benefits of producer responsibility levies for local authorities
Environment Agency shelves waste reuse advisory service
Definition of Waste Panel suspended for three months following budget cuts
Suez teams up with TerraCycle to tackle hard-to-recycle waste
French utility acquires 30 per cent of TerraCycle's activities in Europe as part of efforts to tackle waste that is not recyclable through traditional channels
Green Investment Bank backs £142m Scottish energy-from-waste plant
Construction to start at 14.1MW Edinburgh facility after investment secured and waste disposal contract signed
UK's billions of takeaway cups could each take '30 years' to break down
Campaigners call for use of eco-friendly options and tax on paper and plastic takeaway cups as most are not recyclable
Coca-Cola bottler serves up new sustainability goals
Coca-Cola HBC, one of the beverage giant's primary bottling companies, promises to generate 40 per cent renewable energy and recycle 40 per cent of all packaging by 2020
AkzoNobel puts finishing touches to new paint recycling hub
Remanufacturing centre - only the second in the UK - will provide low-cost recycled paint to community groups and those in social need
Going round in circles: Arup opens doors to pioneering 'circular building'
Engineering firm's latest pilot project promises to enable full recovery of a building's components at end of life
Total partners with Ecoslops to build oil recycling plant in Marseilles
Oil recycling plant earmarked for development on site where Total also plans to build its first biorefinery
Waste crime is 'the new narcotics', says Environment Agency chief
Sir James Bevan, head of the UK agency, says waste crime offers huge profits while costing England £1bn a year
How to get the public excited about recycling? Shine a light on the business benefits
The British public will welcome more consistency in the UK's recycling system so long as they understand the benefits it brings, argues Green Alliance's Jonny Hazell
Waste not want not: Sweden to give tax breaks for repairs
Government to tackle 'throwaway culture' by cutting VAT on fixing everything from bicycles to washing machines
Green is the new black? Six sustainable ideas for London Fashion Week
The fashion industry is famed for its innovation, now six pioneering firms are thinking outside the box when it comes to delivering sustainable clothes
Steel emissions could power low-carbon flight, claims Virgin Atlantic
Airline develops world's first jet fuel made with waste industrial gases from steel mills
What do consumers really think of recycling and food waste?
Two new surveys reveal the finer details of British recycling and food-saving habits, but what can businesses learn from them?
Report: Household recycling saved nearly 4m tonnes of CO2 in 2014/15
Consultancy Eunomia ranks recycling performance of councils in England, Wales and NI by CO2 savings
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