Technology

One of the UK's leading nightclub operator ditches plastic straws

£125,000 awarded to 14 projects that are set to explore innovative approaches for tackling litter blight

Firm becomes latest supermarket to pledge to ensuring all packaging is widely recyclable, reusable, refillable or renewable

European Regional Development Fund-backed loan fund to aims to accelerate the roll out of emerging clean technologies

In response to MPs' calls for 25p charge on disposable coffee cups government insists voluntary action from industry is best way to cut waste

Supermarket promises to make all own-brand plastic packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2022 and debuts new bags made from its own 'back of store' waste

Major operators back industry initiative designed to crack down on 'sub-standard practices' that present environmental risks

New research suggests real recycling rate for plastics could be up to 10 per cent less than official figures claim

Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Yale, Stanford, and Zurich among 18 academic institutions to join new global green finance research partnership

Engineering giant reveals $400m plan to develop the world's largest wind turbine, promising to boost output by 45 per cent and "set new benchmark" on costs