Recycling
Happier meals? McDonald's to scrap plastic toys
Fast-food giant announces the replacement of plastic in its Happy Meal toys, following growing pressure from campaigners
Report: Plastics bans failing to tackle 'throwaway culture'
Waste policy should focus on finding ways to reduce the amount of materials used overall, not just curb plastic impacts, Green Alliance warns
Danone ramps up recycled plastics across Evian and Volvic brands
Both Evian and Volvic also set to become 'carbon neutral' in the UK in 2020, claims the French food and drinks giant
Refill revolution: M&S to expand packaging-busting trial following early sales success
Retailer says 'Fill Your Own' refillable packaging trial to be extended to second store, after majority of products saw sales increase
Breaking the single-use cycle
Jo Gilroy is head of sustainability and environment at Kier Group
Stores are essential for the Loop reusable packaging program
The Loop circular packaging model is fast taking shape, and the company behind it insists conventional retailers still have a huge role to play in its success
From stations and supermarkets to fast fashion and takeaway boxes, the plastics crackdown continues
The initial headline-grabbing pledges to phase out single use plastic may have become old news, but the new normal is seeing hundreds of companies quietly advance their plastic reduction strategies
Aldi revamps plastic bag plans in bid to encourage re-use
Supermarket to increase single use bag charge and trial reusable produce bags
London and Glasgow form partnership to pursue circular economy principles
The cities will share knowledge and best practice from case studies developed in the Circular London and Circular Glasgow projects which began in 2017
Jog on waste: Sweaty Betty launches leggings recycling service
Retailer says old leggings can be reused or broken down to create insulation and new clothes
Not pulp fiction: Absolut, Coca-Cola and the paper bottle project
The two brands are part of a ‘pioneer community’ that also includes Carlsberg and L’Oreal
Survey: Consumers keen to drop brands that damage the environment
Global survey commissioned by financial giant ING finds appetite for enhanced environmental performance among consumers, but warns green progress is hampered by confusion about sustainability options
Sodexo steps up single use plastics crack down
Food services giant bans single use plastics from supply chain, as Iceland launches produce packaging trial
SC Johnson hits circular plastics economy home run
SC Johnson is partnering with the Milwaukee Brewers for its latest plastic-busting initative
Accor joins new Global Tourism Plastics Initiative with fresh wave of waste-reduction pledges
Accor is to rollout a series of solutions to replace single-use plastic, including shampoo dispensers, water filtration taps, and reusable dishes
Hubbub announces £300,000 investment in London coffee cup recycling facilities
The London facilities are part of a total of 12 recycling projects across the UK being funded by Starbuck's voluntary 5p charge on single-use coffee cups
'Business as usual is dead': Global resource use smashes past 100 billion tonnes
Only fraction of metals, minerals, fossil fuels, and biomass extracted each year is reused, tipping planet towards ecological disaster, report warns
How Patagonia became the 'grand experiment' of sustainable business
Patagonia's Lisa Pike Sheehy and Mihela Hladin Wolfe talk about how the outdoor wear company aspires to be a sustainability trailblazer - and is well used to 'playing in the arena of hate and love' as a result
'Circulytics': Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches new service to help firms slash waste levels
New tool will give companies a free assessment of their progress towards more circular business models
Cloth nappy maker TotsBots snapped up by Frugi
Frugi expands eco-friendly empire with acquisition of TotsBots and its sister reusable sanitary products brand Bloom & Nora
How Rheaply is helping universities and companies embrace circular asset management
A US start up reveals how it is encouraging organisations to enter the 'multi-usiverse'
Why we need more than plastic promises
As a major new report reveals the huge complexity shaping the industry response to the war on plastic, Green Alliance's Libby Peake argues a more coherent approach is urgently required
Starbucks deploys charges and jingles to tackle disposable cup use
Starbucks is experimenting with fresh ways of encouraging its customers to order their coffee in a reusable rather than disposable cup
Green Lunch With… Nespresso's Guillaume Chesneau
The Nespresso boss for UK and Ireland joins BusinessGreen at Covent Garden's Clos Maggiore to talk recycling, coffee, and climate change
Most read
