Recycling

Aldi to trial new compostable shopping bags, as Sainsbury's ditches veg aisle plastic bags

3R initiative launched today by Danone, Veolia, Nestle and Tetra Pak will promote market-based systems to tackling waste

Coffee chain teams up with environmental charity Hubbub in bid to prevent 7,000 disposable coffee cups from going to waste at the airport over the next month

Homey laundry capsules are to be delivered direct to UK customers doors in recyclable and recycled packaging

Construction materials giant Tarmac has this week unveiled a new asphalt mix made from waste rubber

New portal from the Global E-Waste Statistics Partnership visualises data on the amount of e-waste generated and treated by country and by region

New green innovations from leading supermarket include dedicated refillable zone, borrow-a-box scheme, and frozen pick and mix

The facility will produce over 60,000 tonnes of recovered plastics for use in new products, using electricity from neighbouring waste-to-energy plant

Report argues concerted effort from business and governments needed to ensure developing nations can create circular strategies that meet their needs

Long-expected move will see plastic drinks straws, stirrers, and cotton buds outlawed in England from April 2020