Waste

New EU ecodesign rules will require TVs, fridges and dishwashers to be easier to recycle and more energy efficient

Customers will be able to drop off used cups for recycling at 350 UK stores

Biffa Waste has said it is seeking to appeal the verdict

Philanthropic group unveils plans for voluntary payments on virgin plastics derived from fossil fuels in bid to boost demand for recycled plastics

Cookware firm teams up with Sainsbury's to offer customers money off new recycled pans and make it possible for them to return old kitchen items for recycling

Companies have saved more than £85m-worth of food from going to waste in past year, according to waste charity

Fast food giant plans to transform plastic toys into in-store play areas, as it pledges to stop distributing plastic with its children's meals

New HP Elite Dragonfly made using 50 per cent post-consumer recycled plastic including five per cent ocean-bound plastics

Beauty giant says it is going back to its 'activist roots' with new store concept opening in Bond Street today

Specialist recycling facilities for paper cups will be introduced in around 70 locations thanks to funding from Starbucks' 5p cup charge