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Sainsbury's aims to put food waste in cold storage

A Sainsbury's supermarket in London Colney

Telling customers that food can be frozen any time up to the 'use by' date could save 800,000 tonnes of food waste

10 Feb 2012

Tesco to tackle food waste with “revolutionary” packaging trial

Tesco store

Tesco follows M&S with trial of hormone-absorbing strip that promises to prolong the life of produce

08 Feb 2012

Food waste collections chucked in with Pickles' bin collection scheme

A pile of food waste - photo Biffa

Local authorities looking for funding to reinstate weekly pick-ups must include separate food waste collections

06 Feb 2012

Ford accelerates waste and water goals

New European sustainability plan aims to cut water use 30 per cent and reduce waste to landfill by 70 per cent over five years

01 Feb 2012

MacArthur's "circular economy" to save European manufacturers $630bn

New report backed by Dame Ellen MacArthur outlines economic opportunity presented by more efficient design

31 Jan 2012

WEEE Directive beefs up EU IT recycling targets

But Computer Aid warns EU decision to promote recycling over refurbishment ignores environmental benefits

24 Jan 2012

Exclusive: Abu Dhabi investment fund targets UK waste sector

Masdar Capital reveals plan to step up investment in fast-expanding UK waste sector

19 Jan 2012

Report: 'Disjointed' waste legislation puts manufacturers at risk

Industry demands more ambitious government strategy to deal with "looming resource crunch"

11 Jan 2012

Could long-lasting M&S strawberries reduce food waste?

Supermarket claims new packaging keeps fruit fresh two days longer, potentially keeping 800,000 strawberries a week out of the bin

09 Jan 2012

Old Christmas trees find second life as flood defence

Environment Agency hails success of project that lines riverbanks with unwanted conifers

04 Jan 2012

EU warns wasting environmental resources could spark new recession

Janez Potočnik, European Union commissoner for green affairs, says unless habits change scarcity could see prices spike

30 Dec 2011

AnyJunk touts Christmas tree recycling service

Waste firm launches dedicated Christmas tree collection service

30 Dec 2011

Jaguar goes back into its Cave to plot efficiency drive

Making use of the virtual world has helped the automaker achieve very real savings in terms of waste and operating costs

29 Dec 2011

Computer Aid logs on to solar to support African villages

Charity has raised funds for eight computing rooms made from used shipping containers and powered by solar panels

28 Dec 2011

Sterecycle bags £5m equity for Yorkshire waste-to-energy plant

Rotherham-based waste treatment and biofuel firm reveals plans to launch an IPO to support expansion plans

21 Dec 2011

Boris urges Londoners to step up Christmas recycling efforts in bid to save £2.7m

New figures reveal huge scale of Christmas waste

20 Dec 2011

WRAP reveals multi-billion pound eWaste opportunity

New figures suggest precious metals contained in eWaste could top £7bn over next decade

13 Dec 2011

Resource scarcity demands "coherent" policy, says EU environment commissioner

Janez Potočnik warns businesses and consumers need clearer incentives to make better use of diminishing resources

13 Dec 2011

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