Technology
New Alliance to End Plastic Waste unveils $1.5bn investment goal
As Nestle announces new plastics pledges, global chemicals, oil, and plastics giants unite to step up investment in circular economy research and development
'Shaping the next era of mobility': VW and Ford launch electric vehicle focused alliance
As Volvo announces latest EV technology investment, VW and Ford team up in a bid to accelerate clean tech drive
UK's first contact lens recycling scheme launches
Wearers of any brand of soft lens can now have them collected or drop them off at recycling bins
BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2019: Open for entries
Now in their ninth year, the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards provide pioneering businesses with the perfect opportunity to showcase their sustainability efforts
New air pollution plans improve on EU rules, government claims
UK proposals include new regulations on farmers, wood-burning stoves and diesel cars
Beyond Meat burger review: The plant-based patty that's almost too good for this vegetarian
Long-time vegetarian and BusinessGreen deputy editor Madeleine Cuff has finally sampled the meatless, 'bleeding' burger - here's what she thought
CES 2019: Smart materials, plant burgers and blockchain for endangered species
At this year's Consumer Electronics Show green innovations branched out from drones and EVs, with clean tech twists on everything from dishwashers to hiking gear
Car sharing platform Turo eyes UK expansion with easyCar Club acquisition
US peer-to-peer car hire app service adds easyCar Club's 80,000 customers to its roster as it sets sights on further UK expansion
'Electric life': VW to launch energy supply division
'Volkswagen is going to force the pace of the urgently needed transport and energy transition to emission-neutral e-mobility'
'New era' for UK solar, as government U-turn promises payments for exported renewable power
Claire Perry unveils plans for a Smart Export Guarantee designed to ensure households and businesses are paid for the power they export to the grid
Dutch eco initiative halves energy bills in first UK homes
Nottingham pioneers 'Energiesprong' after it wins £5m funding from EU
Iceland bottle collection scheme banks 310,000 plastic bottles
Reverse vending machine trial attracts 'significant' consumer take-up, retailer reports
UK power generation hits record low, renewables at record high
Annual Carbon Brief analysis confirms renewables provided a third of UK power last year, as energy efficiency gains continued
BusinessGreen's Most Read of 2018
From banned palm oil adverts to gravity-based storage innovations, we run down the most popular stories of the past 12 months
DSM on the SDGs: 'We can't be successful in a world that fails'
The food supply giant has embraced five of the SDGs to drive its sustainability efforts, including SDG2's mission to eradicate hunger
Caffè Nero, Greggs, McDonald's UK and Pret A Manger join cup recycling scheme
Coffee giants join Costa Coffee in scheme to boost market for recycling coffee cups
Global Briefing: Stora Enso jumps on board with project to make fabric from trees
All the green business stories you may have missed from around the world this week
The Christmas sustainability story behind our wasted sprouts
As we enter a time of giving, Louise Gray explores how redistributing Christmas excess to charity - right down to our seasonal sprouts - could help cut food waste
The reuse revolution
We need to be careful the reusable revolution brings true environmental benefit, warns Bunzl's Joanna Gilroy
UK charities warn of Christmas plastic waste mountain
UK consumers set to landfill 103,000 tonnes of plastic packaging over the festive period
World first: Coca-Cola HBC to use captured CO2 to add the fizz in soft drinks
Swiss soft drinks bottler teams up with carbon capture pioneers Climeworks to make the world's first fizzy drink using CO2 sucked from the air
What can the Waste and Resource Strategy learn from a pioneering campaign in Leeds?
The Waste and Resources Strategy is suitably ambitious, but how can it deliver on its bold vision? Hubbub's Trewin Restorick has some pointers
A tale of two policies
From surprisingly popular waste reforms to damaging popular renewables technologies, yesterday was another confusing day in the UK's green policy landscape
Five lessons for business from the Waste and Resources Strategy
Defra's sweeping new strategy for dealing with waste has implications for businesses right across the value chain
