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Michelin rolls out plans for pioneering tyre recycling plant
Michelin rolls out plans for pioneering tyre recycling plant

Facility planned in Chile's Antofagasta region will scale up technology from Swedish recycling firm Enviro

  • Recycling
  • 15 February 2021
Coca-Cola brings its first 100 per cent recycled plastic bottle to the US
Coca-Cola brings its first 100 per cent recycled plastic bottle to the US

Firm plans to begin rolling out 100 per cent recycled plastic bottles for select Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta and Dasani water brands in coming months

  • Supply chain
  • 10 February 2021
Unilever, Starbucks are founding members in venture to turn food waste into energy
Unilever, Starbucks are founding members in venture to turn food waste into energy

Vanguard Renewables harnesses corporate backing to ramp up US biogas plans

  • Biomass
  • 05 February 2021
Veolia announces plan for Energy from Waste carbon capture trial
Veolia announces plan for Energy from Waste carbon capture trial

Veolia is partnering with Carbon Clean to trial a new carbon capture technology, while a separate £300m energy-from-waste facility in Teesside was this week granted planning permission

  • Waste
  • 04 February 2021
'Fast fashion is fossil fashion': Rise of synthetic fibres in fashion pushing planetary limits, NGOs warn
'Fast fashion is fossil fashion': Rise of synthetic fibres in fashion pushing planetary limits, NGOs warn

Fashion industry has 'failed to make headway' in curbing its damage on the environment and dependence on fossil fuels, campaigners warn

  • Climate change
  • 02 February 2021
UKRI announces £24m of funding for projects to slash plastic waste
UKRI announces £24m of funding for projects to slash plastic waste

Two competitions launched by the government agency are geared at supporting firms that can help the the UK meet its 2025 Plastics Pact targets

  • Waste
  • 28 January 2021
'Significant changes': Government publishes updated Waste Management Plan
'Significant changes': Government publishes updated Waste Management Plan

New plan for England is updated to include fresh policy developments and reflect UK's 2050 net zero commitment

  • Waste
  • 27 January 2021
'A relatively static picture': UK supermarkets stock fractionally more plastic in 2019 than two years prior
'A relatively static picture': UK supermarkets stock fractionally more plastic in 2019 than two years prior

Campaigners accuse supermarkets of 'treading water' on plastic pollution, while pressure builds on MPs to accept amendmends to Environment Bill that would see the UK adopt legally-binding plastics reduction targets

  • Waste
  • 26 January 2021
'Unpacked': Packaging-free shopping forges ahead as Waitrose launches expanded trial
'Unpacked': Packaging-free shopping forges ahead as Waitrose launches expanded trial

Supermarket ranked top in a Greenpeace report evaluating progress made by UK supermarkets in slashing plastic use

  • Waste
  • 26 January 2021
'Circularity gap': How fostering a circular economy could slash global emissions by over a third
'Circularity gap': How fostering a circular economy could slash global emissions by over a third

New report argues circular economy strategies could slash emissions across the global economy, reducing waste and climate impacts across the housing, mobility, and food sectors

  • Waste
  • 26 January 2021
Government urged to close Brexit loophole that allows export of UK plastic to poorer countries
Government urged to close Brexit loophole that allows export of UK plastic to poorer countries

Campaigners accuse Ministers of backtracking on environmental and election manifesto promises over alleged failure to match waste export policy with that of the EU

  • Waste
  • 22 January 2021
New National Circular Economy Hub planned for University of Exeter
New National Circular Economy Hub planned for University of Exeter

National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Hub backed by new funding from UK Research and Innovation

  • Recycling
  • 21 January 2021
Green beans: Heinz heats up sustainable packaging push
Green beans: Heinz heats up sustainable packaging push

Food giant announces roll out of new recyclable paperboard multipack sleeves as part of £25m investment in sustainable packaging innovations

  • Waste
  • 21 January 2021
The real thing: Coca Cola European Partners' Joe Franses unpacks the drinks giant's net zero agenda
The real thing: Coca Cola European Partners' Joe Franses unpacks the drinks giant's net zero agenda

The vice-president of sustainability at CCEP, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the world, spills the details on how the firm intends to achieve net zero packaging, manufacturing, shipping, and ingredients within 20 years

  • Management
  • 13 January 2021
Is laundry fuelling the marine plastics crisis?
Is laundry fuelling the marine plastics crisis?

A new study from Canadian non-profit Ocean Wise has shown that synthetic fibres, many released from clothing and textiles during domestic laundry, make up a large proportion of microplastics in the Arctic Ocean

  • Waste
  • 13 January 2021
Medicine pack recycling initiative rolls out across UK pharmacies
Medicine pack recycling initiative rolls out across UK pharmacies

Brits can now recycle their empty medicine blister packets by dropping them off at pharmacies participating in the latest initiative from recycling specialist Terracycle

  • Waste
  • 07 January 2021
Major banks 'co-responsible' for plastics crisis, first-of-its-kind investigation argues
Major banks 'co-responsible' for plastics crisis, first-of-its-kind investigation argues

The world’s biggest banks are indiscriminately funding firms responsible for devastating marine ecosystems and fuelling climate change via their plastics production, a new report from Portfolio Earth concludes

  • Investment
  • 07 January 2021
Tesco toasts removal of one billion pieces of plastic from its shelves in 2020
Tesco toasts removal of one billion pieces of plastic from its shelves in 2020

Supermarket claims to have met its pledge to remove one billion pieces of plastic, working with suppliers to remove unnecessary and excessive packaging of products

  • Waste
  • 05 January 2021
The three circular economy trends that defined 2020
The three circular economy trends that defined 2020

Here are three trends that defined the circular economy in 2020, and what they might mean for the year to come

  • Waste
  • 24 December 2020
The business case for reducing food waste
The business case for reducing food waste

Food waste is often seen as requiring lifestyle change, but to deliver further progress we must do more to educate industry leaders about the business case for action, writes WRI's Liz Goodwin

  • Waste
  • 11 December 2020
Walkers to slash emissions by making fertiliser from potato peelings
Walkers to slash emissions by making fertiliser from potato peelings

Crisp company aims to ‘bring potatoes full circle’ and improve soil health by producing farm fertiliser from potato leftovers its Leicester factory

  • Waste
  • 08 December 2020
Plastics Pact: UK firms slash 'unnecessary' plastic packaging in 2019
Plastics Pact: UK firms slash 'unnecessary' plastic packaging in 2019

More than 150 retailers, manufactures and brands collectively reduced tonnage of single-use plastic packaging sold by 30 per cent

  • Waste
  • 08 December 2020
Coca-Cola European Partners unveils 2040 net zero ambition
Coca-Cola European Partners unveils 2040 net zero ambition

Coca-Cola's largest independent bottling company pledges to spend €250m over the next three years in order to achieve a 30 per cent emissions cut across its value chain by end of the decade

  • Management
  • 07 December 2020
PepsiCo to switch to fully recycled plastic bottles across nine European nations
PepsiCo to switch to fully recycled plastic bottles across nine European nations

The goal is a marked acceleration of targets previously announced by the firm, reflecting technological innovations and market development in the use of recycled plastics

  • Waste
  • 03 December 2020
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