Waste

Station operator vows to ban plastic cups and introduce coffee cup recycling schemes by 2020

Zero Waste Scotland backed Locavore store to pioneer use of reusable, plastic-free packaging

Coffee chain teams up with The Allotments & Gardens Council UK to find a new home for used coffee grounds

Take a leaf from Kipling's book and remember to ask the right questions about new plastic-free products, argues Bunzl's Joanna Gilroy

Official figures confirm sector grew nearly eight per cent in 2015, as industry contributed £63bn to UK economy

Lords Cricket Ground has swapped plastic bottles for canned water for this season's Test Matches

Tom Chivers wonders if a combination of dubious maths and R&D breakthroughs could counter the most apocalyptic plastic waste predictions

Packaging giant confirms it has cut emissions more than a quarter against 2005 levels

Iceland, Ekoplaza, and teapigs amongst early adopters of new product label

Parliamentary estate announces plan to ban plastic bottles and trial 25p levy on disposable cups