Recycling
'IT shouldn't cost the Earth': New analysis reveals refurbished IT kit could save UK almost £1bn a year
Study from Circular Computing details how businesses could slash emissions and costs by deploying refurbished IT equipment
ReLove: ASOS and DPD debut circular fashion collection service
New initiative will see DPD collect second hand clothes for donation to charities free of charge
Aldi debuts packaging-free products trial
Supermarket becomes latest retailer to explore the potential for packaging-free groceries
How the 5p carrier bag charge has helped curb plastic pollution
With funding from the plastic bag charge Waitrose launched a £1m grant fund for innovative plastic-waste busting ideas - Hubbub's Trewin Restorick sets out the key achievements
Right to Repair is overdue - and consumers are already leading the charge
Legislation providing a right to repair electronic and electrical goods is long overdue in the UK, but lockdown trends have already accelerated consumer interest, writes CDSL CEO Andrew Sharp
'Stop clutching at plastic straws': Government urged to introduce 2050 resource use reduction target
Green Alliance argues UK needs a 'new vision for resource use' in report published this morning
Resource efficiency offers huge 'overlooked' climate benefits, study finds
Less waste, healthier diets, and shifting from sales to rental offer huge climate benefits, WRAP estimates
Government plots recycling reforms as it delays deposit return scheme to 2024
Plans to make manufacturers pay full costs of recycling their packaging and develop consistent household collections nationwide unveiled
Farewell to plastic Peppa? Waitrose bans children's magazines with 'excessive' plastic toy giveaways
Supermarket says it is time to tackle 'unnecessary plastic' that routinely accompanies children's magazines
Should you swap plastic for aluminum packaging? It's complicated
Jesse Klein explores how some leading businesses are navigating the complex choices that shape efforts to deliver more sustainable packaging
Advancing plastics recycling and reducing CO2: Driving transformational change
Today we celebrate Global Recycling Day, March 18th. It is a day for the world to come together and put the planet first. But it is also a significant moment for us at Dow, as a plastics manufacturer, to reflect on what recycling means for us and our...
Government proposes plan to make UK fashion firms pay more towards textile recycling
Defra proposals form part of wider package targeting waste from construction, textiles, electronics, cars, furniture, plastics, and food, as Ministers pledge to end the 'throwaway culture as we build back greener'
Farewell A+++: Government debuts streamlined energy efficiency labelling system in greener product standards push
Government unveils tougher labelling system as it sets out plans to tighten energy efficiency standards and introduce right to repair law
Tesco targets 'soft plastics' with nationwide recycling point network
Retailer targets bread bags, crisp packets, cling film, and food pouches with aim to recycle 1,000 tonnes of soft plastics a year
'23 million 40-tonne trucks': UN study uncovers extent of world's food waste crisis
The findings suggest an urgent need to ramp up efforts to meet UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, which aims to halve global food waste by 2030
eBay UK launches Certified Refurbished hub
Following roll out in the US and Australia, new hub debuts in UK in response to soaring lockdown demand for refurbished items
'Simply no comparison': Fossil fuel cars produce 300 times more waste than EVs, study finds
Challenges caused by EV battery production 'pale in comparison' to environmental toll of fossil fuel vehicles, Transport & Environment study finds
Major retailers are backing these nine alternatives to single-use plastic bags
Could the planet-littering plastic bag be on the way out?
No stone unturned: How getting to net zero touches every sector of the economy
The UK waste sector can be an enabler of wider economic decarbonisation while delivering the government's 'levelling up' agenda, writes Viridor's Tim Rotheray
MPs to probe plans for deposit return recycling scheme in England
Environmental Audit Committee inquiry to look at potential design for government's aim to implement a deposit return scheme in England in 2023
Michelin rolls out plans for pioneering tyre recycling plant
Facility planned in Chile's Antofagasta region will scale up technology from Swedish recycling firm Enviro
Veolia announces plan for Energy from Waste carbon capture trial
Veolia is partnering with Carbon Clean to trial a new carbon capture technology, while a separate £300m energy-from-waste facility in Teesside was this week granted planning permission
UKRI announces £24m of funding for projects to slash plastic waste
Two competitions launched by the government agency are geared at supporting firms that can help the the UK meet its 2025 Plastics Pact targets
'A relatively static picture': UK supermarkets stock fractionally more plastic in 2019 than two years prior
Campaigners accuse supermarkets of 'treading water' on plastic pollution, while pressure builds on MPs to accept amendmends to Environment Bill that would see the UK adopt legally-binding plastics reduction targets
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