Waste

Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson urges confectioners to set a good egg-sample to help cut plastic packaging waste

SEaB Energy reveals plan to take anaerobic digestion technology to schools, hospitals, offices and factories

Customers will receive £10 gift voucher for returning unwanted old shoes between now and 8 April

Waste companies welcome higher ambition, but warn greater investment in reprocessing is needed to achieve new goals

E-waste, chemicals and recycling rules at forefront of initiative to cut “red tape” estimated to cost businesses £1bn over five years

Nestlé becomes first major confectioner to use 100 per cent recyclable packaging around its Easter eggs

Public sector bodies increasingly using digital mapping to re-route waste trucks, cutting costs, fuel use, and carbon emissions

New plant in Spain kicks off five-year project to grow micro-algae at waste-water treatment plants

Combining fuel cell with other technologies could provide power for entire water grids, scientists say