Waste

Supermarket becomes the latest to announce it will 'phase-out' single use plastic bags from March this year

Pledge is part of fresh sustainability strategy from the food supplier, which includes promises to switch to clean energy and convert to 100 per cent recyclable packaging

Producer responsibility schemes would jump-start the circular economy in the UK, argues Nick Oettinger from The Furniture Recyling Group

Supermarket chain sets out plans to reduce amount of plastic in its own-brand packaging by 10 per cent this year, among several other pledges

Bunzl's Joanna Gilroy

Airport becomes first in UK to end distribution of plastic straws, as war on plastic waste continues to gather pace

Cruise operator teams up with tech provider Winnow to slash food waste across its fleet

Dell's Louise Koch is looking for more businesses to join the tech giant's oceans plastics project

One of the UK's leading providers of reusable coffee cups says talk of a 'latte levy' has already translated into a huge increase in sales

We need to be careful not to write off plastic entirely, argues Hubbub's Trewin Restorick