Recycling
Borough Market to phase out plastic bottle sales with free fountains
London's historic food market also aims to achieve zero landfill with biodegradable packaging and compostable leftovers
UK set to be 'self-sufficient' in battery recycling by year end
Ecosurety and Belmont announce plans for new battery recycling facility in Glasgow, but UK's first battery processing site in Yorkshire set to open first
Could an 'eBay for food waste' save businesses up to £1bn a year?
Takestock calls for food manufacturers to realise financial and environmental benefits that come from tackling waste mountain
Scottish government celebrates opening of 100th Re-use Store
Zero Waste Scotland says re-use centres and new online service are helping to ensure usable materials are diverted form landfill
Report: Government could cut marine plastic pollution by two thirds
New study from Green Alliance calculates that a series of policy measures could build on microbeads ban and slash marine plastic waste
Rubbish acting? Coca-Cola airs TV advert animated entirely from recycled bottles
Trailer part of drinks giant's new communication campaign to encourage more people to recycled their used plastic bottles
England cricketers aim to help Sky hit plastic waste for six
Broadcaster to promote refillable bottles in a bid to tackle ocean plastic crisis and make the Oval a 'plastic-free venue'
Hubbub hails success of coffee cup recycling trials
Charity to present findings of Manchester and London campaigns to the Mayor of London and retailers in Germany
Sainsbury's and Bosch partner with Hubbub to launch community fridge network
Five community fridges will be installed in Milton Keynes, London, and Northern Ireland over the next month offering surplus food for free
Going, going, gone: How Ebay plans to use online auctions to cut carbon
The online retailer has set itself a goal to avoid 2.5 million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2020 by encouraging users to resell used clothes and electronics online
Coca-Cola unwraps new sustainable packaging strategy
Coca-Cola European Partners reveals new plan to double the use of recycled plastic in all its bottles by 2020 and trial 'incentive-based' recycling schemes
Veolia partnership gears up to recycle former Shell oil rig
Veolia and Peterson aim to achieve a 97 per cent recycling rate from the rig, which was previously used as an offshore living quarters for Shell oil drillers
The circular economy: Great on paper, but can it be made to work in practice?
The circular economy presents infrastructure firms with significant challenges, but, as Robert Spencer argues, there are new approaches available that will boost resource efficiency
Smart city technologies face some big, messy challenges
The 'artists impressions' are inspiring, argues Matthew Farrow, but the reality of smart city developments can be very different
Plastic pollution endangering UK wildlife, Greenpeace finds
Campaigners renew calls for bottle deposit scheme in Scotland as images emerge of seabirds poisoned by growing tide of plastic pollution
Phoenix launches a hub for the circular economy
US city launches wide-ranging circular economy drive
HP steps up green supply chain push with launch of recycled plastic ink cartridge
Printer giant sets series of new environmental targets for global supply chain
Clean and Cool 2017: Putting the circular economy on the map
UK start-up and Clean and Cool mission member Topolytics aims to lift the lid on the waste disposal industry with its mapping software
IKEA unpacks textile waste with fabric collection pilot
Flatpack superstore in Cardiff launches pilot scheme to collect unwanted fabrics for repair, reuse and recycling
Tesco to trial a phase-out of single-use 5p plastic bags
Select Tesco stores will sell only reusable bags in a 10-week trial that could lead to the single-use bags being phased out in all of its stores
Lucozade and Pringles named packaging 'villains' of recycling world
Recycling Association lists everyday products which are hardest to recycle due to complexity of their packaging
The UK's recycling industry needs to be more transparent
Hubbub's Trewin Restorick fears successful recycling campaigns could be stifled by a failure of the industry to be clear about where recycled material ends up
Circular Economy: From PV Module to Rubber Sole
To mark International Recycling Day, Andreas Wade of First Solar reveals how the industry is taking steps to tackle solar panels' end-of-life footprint
Survey: Confusion continues to undermine UK recycling rates
Poll reveals nearly 40 per cent of people admit to being confused about what materials they can recycle
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