Waste
'Disappointing': Recycling rates remain flat, raising prospects of missed EU targets
Latest household waste data for England confirm negligible progress on recycling rates, leaving the country well short of 2020 goal
Plastic Is Your Frenemy
WRI's Kevin Moss argues plastics were once seen as nature's friend, but attitudes have changed and business models must change too
Raising the profile of UK remanufacturing
Sam Pentony argues the government's upcoming Resource and Waste Strategy has to start at the top of waste hierarchy and make room for remanufacturing
Walkers to recycle crisp packets after postal protest
Snack maker will install collection points across UK as well as free courier service
Hubbub aims to cast its plastic-fishing net across the UK
Hubbub announces plan to help four communities across the UK 'fish' for plastic waste in local waterways
South Western Railway relents and allows use of reusable cups
Rail operator said 'safety aspect' was involved in giving those on board disposable cups
SDG2: Can businesses help the world win the war on hunger?
The world is on the cusp of an agricultural revolution, and businesses can help lead the way
Government launches £60m green plastic packaging challenge
New innovation challenge to drive development of waste-to-plastic materials and smart packaging breakthroughs
Waste not, want not
If we really want to solve the problem of food waste it is going to take more than eating wonky veg, argues Louise Gray, it is going to mean looking in your own fridge
Rolling crisis: Car tyres responsible for thousands of tonnes of microplastic pollution
Study calculates up to 68,000 tonnes of microplastic pollution released by tyres each year - and much of it will end up in UK waterways and soils
Retailers to pay up to £1bn for recycling under waste strategy
Exclusive: ministers seeking to make firms pay more towards recycling their own waste
The straw ban that broke the public indifference?
It may be a case of gesture politics, argues Tom Chivers, but a ban on plastic straws is part of a trend that is helping to unlock wider change
Tesco and Nestle sign up to Global Ghost Gear Initiative
Companies join global campaign to tackle waste fishing gear and the huge damage it does to marine wildlife
Plastic crackdown: Europe moves to ban single-use plastic
Europe-wide ban could be in place on certain items by 2021 - but is the war on plastics a distraction from the climate fight?
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
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
'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
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
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