composting

ASA cracks down on 'compostable' coffee pod claims

Marketing

ASA cracks down on 'compostable' coffee pod claims

Advertising watchdog rules against two separate adverts from Lavazza and Dualit over 'compostable' coffee pod claims

clock 30 April 2025 • 3 min read
Walmart turns its food waste into compost now sold in 100 stores

Waste

Walmart turns its food waste into compost now sold in 100 stores

The largest US retailer has cut food waste 12 per cent since 2016, working toward a 50 per cent reduction by 2030

clock 31 January 2025 • 4 min read
For peat's sake: Anger as full government ban on peat-based gardening products deferred until 2030

Biodiversity

For peat's sake: Anger as full government ban on peat-based gardening products deferred until 2030

Ban on sales of peat based compost for gardeners will come into effect in 2024, but government has confirmed it will not be extended to the professional horticulture market until 2030

clock 24 March 2023 • 5 min read

Technology

Rocket Composter aims to feed circular economy at Raymond Blanc restaurant

New equipment is expected to slash the restaurant's waste levels by 13 per cent

clock 13 November 2019 • 2 min read

Waste

Veolia: Ban peat-based compost to help hit 'net zero'

Waste and water giant argues UK must stop using peat for garden compost

clock 18 August 2019 • 2 min read

Technology

Are compostable plastics actually plastic?

Compostable plastics may not be the best way out of the plastics crisis, warns Bunzl's Joanna Gilroy

clock 15 April 2019 • 3 min read

Recycling

Lost in the reeds? Why winning the plastic war is much harder than it looks

Firms are under pressure to tackle the scourge of plastic waste, but are their new strategies credible and could they prove counterproductive?

clock 30 May 2018 • 15 min read