Waste
What the circular economy's early days look like for Amazon and Nike
Billions upon billions of products and consumers served
Future Jobs: How recyclers are seizing circular opportunities
Tom Chivers talks to Veolia's Richard Kirkman about the 'cultural shift' that has reshaped the waste industry and sparked the development of thousands of high tech green roles
River vacuums and dissolving sachets: Government announces funding for plastic waste innovations
In latest Green GB Week announcements, Ministers confirm 11 plastic waste tackling technologies are to share £4m of funding
UK restaurants and cafes bin 320 million fresh meals a year, data shows
Almost 900,000 unsold meals are chucked out a day, according to food waste app Too Good To Go
Pay for parking with plastic (bottles)
Leeds car park to offer trial discounts for customers who hand in plastic bottles for recycling
Global Briefing: Malaysia moves to phase out single use plastics
BusinessGreen brings you this week's green economy headlines from around the world
Poll: Consumer confusion and mistrust over plastic recycling is growing
Survey by recycler Viridor suggests many are worried about impact of plastic waste on environment, but are confused about how to recycle
'Plastics Cloud': SAP harnesses machine learning to track plastic use and recycling trends
Company says technology will enable better use of data to tackle plastic waste
Parliamentary pioneers: Westminster ditches single-use plastics, but public wants more action
Move to Vegware single use items comes as survey reveals more than half of UK consumers believe measures to reduce plastic waste do not go far enough
Why England needs universal food waste collections
ADBA's Charlotte Morton explains why it's essential the government commits to universal food waste collections in Defra's upcoming Resource and Waste Strategy
On Norman Mailer, Michael Gove, and the meaning of 'avoidable' plastic waste
EIC's Matthew Farrow welcomes the public and political focus on plastic waste, but fears it is yet to translate into a credible and sustainable plan of action
War on food waste: Community fridge launches in Leytonstone
East London businesses and householders are now able to donate surplus food to the capital's latest community fridge
Fashion industry accounts for more than a third of ocean microplastics, report warns
Washing an item of closing made of synthetic textile can release up to 700,000 microscopic fibres in the water
Plastic waste set to beat price as UK shoppers' top concern - study
In the next decade, reduced packaging and increased recyclability will become the main issues for consumers, research shows
Circularity in our solar energy system
As the renewables market accelerates, can we find a way to make PV cells sustainable?
Burberry vows to end burning of unsold goods
Luxury goods giant promises to step up recycling and re-use efforts and pledges to end the use of fur
Veolia to rev up all-electric bin lorries trial
Waste management giant to convert four refuse collection vehicles to run on green electricity in 'world first' trial
What's going on in the world of plastic?
Here's the who, what, where, when and why of waste
'Greenest party yet': Notting Hill Carnival to debut new green measures
Ecotricity teams up with carnival to provide clean power, as part of wider sustainability revamp
Cheers: Greene King debuts 'industry first' compostable straw solution
Company announces it is to introduce compostable straws at all its pubs, in a move that should stop 30 million plastic straws from being used each year
'Unprecedented': HM Treasury inundated with responses to consultation on plastic waste tax
HM Treasury says consultation on taxing plastic waste received highest ever response rate from businesses and the public, with strong support for measures to cut demand for takeaway containers
Waste plastic as a fuel? Neste, ReNew and Licella launch joint effort
Three companies team up to develop waste plastics as a raw material for making fuels, chemicals and new plastics
Sanitary bins could come to men's toilets in war on wet wipes
London Assembly call for bins to be placed in men's toilets so items that could cause blockages are not flushed away
Study: Switzerland emerges as most 'deluded' country over waste levels
Study of 18,000 households around the world finds major gap between how much waste consumers think they generate, and how much food, clothing and possessions are actually going to waste
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