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Emissions goals impossible without plastic reduction, think tank warns
Emissions goals impossible without plastic reduction, think tank warns

Overseas Development Institute warns fossil fuel emissions from plastic will rise three-fold by 2050 unless current trends are addressed

  • BusinessGreen
  • 21 September 2020
M&S to roll out garlic bread made from surplus baguettes
M&S to roll out garlic bread made from surplus baguettes

Marks & Spencer food waste initiative aims to turn unsold bread into garlic bread for sale across 200 of its food stores nationwide

  • BusinessGreen
  • 18 September 2020
Mack Trucks' first electric refuse lorry goes in to production
Mack Trucks' first electric refuse lorry goes in to production

US manufacturer - which is owned by Volvo Group - announces its first ever foray into the electric vehicle market

  • BusinessGreen
  • 18 September 2020
Tesco teams up with food sharing app Olio to combat food waste
Tesco teams up with food sharing app Olio to combat food waste

  • Supply chain
  • 17 September 2020
'Horrific': Iceland details full scale of plastic packaging sold in its stores
'Horrific': Iceland details full scale of plastic packaging sold in its stores

Iceland managing director Richard Walker calls on government to make plastic packaging tonnage disclosure mandatory in order to tackle plastic pollution crisis

  • Waste
  • 17 September 2020
Holy Grail: New partnership to develop recycling sorting digital watermarks
Holy Grail: New partnership to develop recycling sorting digital watermarks

Packaging giant Mondi announces new trial to drastically improve recycling sorting processes

  • Recycling
  • 15 September 2020
Plans unveiled for 'world's biggest' recycling facility in bid to meet soaring European demand
Plans unveiled for 'world's biggest' recycling facility in bid to meet soaring European demand

Loop Industries and SUEZ reveal plans to build giant plastic recycling facility, as pressure grows for sector to boost capacity across Europe

  • Recycling
  • 11 September 2020
Make Up Not Make Waste: L'Oreal announces raft of recycling initiatives
Make Up Not Make Waste: L'Oreal announces raft of recycling initiatives

The new initiatives build on L'Oreal's ambitious 2030 sustainability strategy, launched in June

  • Recycling
  • 10 September 2020
McDonald's works to close the Loop on coffee cup waste
McDonald's works to close the Loop on coffee cup waste

Consumers will able to request a reusable cup for a small deposit, which would then be redeemed when the cup is returned for cleaning and re-use

  • Recycling
  • 10 September 2020
Ineos moves to ramp up recycled plastics offering
Ineos moves to ramp up recycled plastics offering

UK chemicals firm INEOS announces it has made progress incorporating recycled plastics into more challenging applications, as Coca-Cola launches two new recycled plastics commitments in Europe

  • Waste
  • 08 September 2020
Aldi rolls out cardboard steak packaging, as Absolut toasts paper vodka bottles
Aldi rolls out cardboard steak packaging, as Absolut toasts paper vodka bottles

Latest packaging innovations aimed at cutting back on plastic and carbon emissions, according to firms

  • Waste
  • 04 September 2020
How the oil industry's bet on plastics risks $400bn in stranded assets
How the oil industry's bet on plastics risks $400bn in stranded assets

Oil and gas industry's bets on petrochemicals growth look increasingly dicey as world turns away from plastics, Carbon Tracker warns

  • Energy
  • 04 September 2020
'No time for waste': Tesco and Hubbub team up for new food waste-busting trial
'No time for waste': Tesco and Hubbub team up for new food waste-busting trial

Over 50 households to track their food waste in a bid to work out which interventions deliver biggest waste savings

  • Waste
  • 02 September 2020
Unilever pledges to invest €1bn in eliminating fossil fuels from cleaning products by 2030
Unilever pledges to invest €1bn in eliminating fossil fuels from cleaning products by 2030

Consumer goods giant outlines plans to spend €1bn on ramping up carbon capture and utilisation technologies that will curb its cleaning and laundry product line's reliance on fossil fuel derived chemicals

  • CCS
  • 02 September 2020
'Net positive impact': Timberland reboots sustainability vision with circular design and regenerative farming pledges
'Net positive impact': Timberland reboots sustainability vision with circular design and regenerative farming pledges

Apparel firm plans to curb its impact on soil degradation and reduce its waste through fresh commitments to rely on circular product design and regenerative agriculture sourcing by 2030

  • Supply chain
  • 01 September 2020
Plastic bags: Government confirms all retailers in England to levy 10p charge from April
Plastic bags: Government confirms all retailers in England to levy 10p charge from April

Defra announces plan to double 5p plastic bag charge and extend levy to all retailers from next year

  • Waste
  • 31 August 2020
Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics
Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics

With the launch of the US branch of the Plastics Pact the case for corporates to step up their plastic waste reduction efforts are becoming clearer than ever

  • Waste
  • 28 August 2020
Naked strips out virgin plastics with 100 per cent recycled bottles
Naked strips out virgin plastics with 100 per cent recycled bottles

The move makes it the only UK juice or smoothie brand using 100 per cent recycled plastic packaging, manufacturer PepsiCo claims

  • Waste
  • 27 August 2020
Plastic Pact launches in the US as industry giants pledge action
Plastic Pact launches in the US as industry giants pledge action

Top brands and retail giants come together with a pledge to redouble efforts to curb plastic waste

  • Waste
  • 25 August 2020
Sunderland to host 'UK's greenest' waste tyre recycling plant
Sunderland to host 'UK's greenest' waste tyre recycling plant

Norwegian developer Wastefront inks deal with council to begin building facility which turns waste tyres into chemical materials for fuel and rubber production in 2021

  • Waste
  • 21 August 2020
'Future of fuel': Middlesbrough waste pellet plant secures funding boost
'Future of fuel': Middlesbrough waste pellet plant secures funding boost

Waste Knot Energy project to produce 240,000 tonnes of fuel pellets each year offering alternative to coal in steel and cement manufacturing

  • Investment
  • 20 August 2020
Green grips: Heineken switches plastic for compostable cardboard on beer multipacks
Green grips: Heineken switches plastic for compostable cardboard on beer multipacks

The innovation is now in place on UK cans of Foster's, Kronenbourg and Heineken, with the rest of Heineken's portfolio set to follow in 2021

  • Technology
  • 18 August 2020
Kent heat and power plant becomes UK's first energy-from-waste CfD facility
Kent heat and power plant becomes UK's first energy-from-waste CfD facility

Kemsley power station is designed to process 550,000 tonnes of waste per year to produce both electricity and heat

  • Energy
  • 14 August 2020
TRB Lightweight Structures inks £19m US deal to export EV battery parts made from waste
TRB Lightweight Structures inks £19m US deal to export EV battery parts made from waste

Deal with unnamed US engine producer represents major boost for Cambridgeshire firm that created the floors of the London Eye's pods and parts of Blackfriars Bridge

  • Automotive
  • 14 August 2020
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