Waste

Food is Precious initiative aims to use smart technologies to slash food waste across the company's 400 stores

US city launches wide-ranging circular economy drive

We need a better understanding of the circular economy, argues Professor Roland Clift, and chemical engineers might hold the answer

To tackle the growing e-waste challenge we need to start thinking differently about technology

Select Tesco stores will sell only reusable bags in a 10-week trial that could lead to the single-use bags being phased out in all of its stores

Recycling Association lists everyday products which are hardest to recycle due to complexity of their packaging

A tiny proportion of excess food is being sent to charities and is instead ending up in landfill or left to rot, figures show

Hubbub's Trewin Restorick fears successful recycling campaigns could be stifled by a failure of the industry to be clear about where recycled material ends up

To mark International Recycling Day, Andreas Wade of First Solar reveals how the industry is taking steps to tackle solar panels' end-of-life footprint

Poll reveals nearly 40 per cent of people admit to being confused about what materials they can recycle