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Crisps, chocolate and cheese brands under fire for wasteful packaging
Crisps, chocolate and cheese brands under fire for wasteful packaging

Investigation by Which? finds swathes of major snack brands come in hard to recycle packaging with unclear labeling for consumers

  • BusinessGreen
  • 24 September 2020
Green Alliance: Majority of Black Friday buys get binned
Green Alliance: Majority of Black Friday buys get binned

As annual shopping frenzy begins new research suggests 80 per cent of household plastics, textiles and electronics end up in landfill

  • Waste
  • 29 November 2019
Co-Op urges councils to fast-track food waste collection rollout
Co-Op urges councils to fast-track food waste collection rollout

Councils should seize opportunity to cut plastic waste and boost green gas production, supermarket says

  • Waste
  • 17 August 2019
Green Investment Group hits financial close on Grangemouth energy-from-waste plant
Green Investment Group hits financial close on Grangemouth energy-from-waste plant

The combined heat and power project will process 216,000 tonnes of waste every year

  • Energy
  • 20 December 2018
MPs demand fashion bosses come clean on industry's pollution impacts
MPs demand fashion bosses come clean on industry's pollution impacts

Environmental Audit Committee writes to industry executives demanding more detail on how fashion retailers are mitigating their environmental impact

  • Management
  • 05 October 2018
Chipotle cracks down on landfill waste
Chipotle cracks down on landfill waste

Mexican fast food chain promises to divert half of restaurant waste away from landfill by 2020

  • Management
  • 12 April 2018
L'Oreal buys landfill gas under carbon neutrality plan
L'Oreal buys landfill gas under carbon neutrality plan

Cosmetics giant set to buy landfill gas from Kentucky plant as part of plan to offset carbon emissions for all US manufacturing sites from 2019

  • Energy
  • 02 March 2018
Green Investment Group makes first investment under Macquarie control, backs energy-from-waste plant
Green Investment Group makes first investment under Macquarie control, backs energy-from-waste plant

Green Investment Group commits £38m to Wheelabrator Technologies as part of £207m loan for new energy-from-waste plant in West Yorkshire

  • Investment
  • 08 September 2017
REA launches landfill gas energy trade group
REA launches landfill gas energy trade group

Renewable Energy Association emphasises importance of sector as source of low carbon energy generation

  • Energy
  • 18 May 2017
Costa brews up nationwide coffee cup recycling scheme
Costa brews up nationwide coffee cup recycling scheme

Coffee chain kicks off coffee cup recycling push in over 2,000 stores with promise to recycle 'any cup'

  • Recycling
  • 07 February 2017
Carbon Trust launches Zero Waste to Landfill certification
Carbon Trust launches Zero Waste to Landfill certification

New certification will recognise firms making significant progress to cut waste and boost recycling rates

  • Waste
  • 05 December 2016
AkzoNobel puts finishing touches to new paint recycling hub
AkzoNobel puts finishing touches to new paint recycling hub

Remanufacturing centre - only the second in the UK - will provide low-cost recycled paint to community groups and those in social need

  • Recycling
  • 26 September 2016
Green and pleasant land? Environment Agency celebrates sharp drop in business emissions as it touts greener England
Green and pleasant land? Environment Agency celebrates sharp drop in business emissions as it touts greener England

Agency also reports 54 per cent fall in "serious pollution incidents" over the past decade - but illegal waste crime remains a major issue

  • Legislation
  • 23 September 2016
Waste crime is 'the new narcotics', says Environment Agency chief
Waste crime is 'the new narcotics', says Environment Agency chief

Sir James Bevan, head of the UK agency, says waste crime offers huge profits while costing England £1bn a year

  • Waste
  • 22 September 2016
Google plans to re-programme data centres into zero waste operations
Google plans to re-programme data centres into zero waste operations

Google already diverts 86 per cent of its data centre waste away from landfill

  • Waste
  • 15 September 2016
What do consumers really think of recycling and food waste?
What do consumers really think of recycling and food waste?

Two new surveys reveal the finer details of British recycling and food-saving habits, but what can businesses learn from them?

  • Recycling
  • 09 September 2016
Italy passes sweeping legislation to tackle food waste mountain
Italy passes sweeping legislation to tackle food waste mountain

New law will cut red tape and offer tax incentives to encourage restaurants and businesses to donate waste food

  • Waste
  • 04 August 2016
Target powers up with wind energy in 60 Texan stores
Target powers up with wind energy in 60 Texan stores

Partnership with Starwood Energy Group will see discount retailer use 100 per cent wind power in 60 of its stores

  • Wind
  • 22 July 2016
Recycling Technologies lauds novel fuel made from rigid plastics
Recycling Technologies lauds novel fuel made from rigid plastics

Recycling firm teams up with Ricardo to assess performance of Plaxx fuel as replacement for heavy fuel oil and diesel

  • Recycling
  • 11 July 2016
Could new Extended Producer Responsibility rules help slash waste?
Could new Extended Producer Responsibility rules help slash waste?

Culmer Raphael's Edward Robinson sets out why refreshing EU rules on Extended Producer Responsibility is vital for creating a circular Europe

  • Legislation
  • 13 June 2016
Could mobile recycling units help close the solar loop?
Could mobile recycling units help close the solar loop?

First Solar is working on taking the recycling facility to the solar farm in a bid to help drive down costs

  • Solar
  • 12 April 2016
It's time for businesses to get their hands dirty and embrace landfill mining
It's time for businesses to get their hands dirty and embrace landfill mining

The UK is facing escalating resource security risks, could 'mining' landfill sites provide a commercially viable answer?

  • Recycling
  • 12 April 2016
MillerCoors toasts landfill-free status at major breweries
MillerCoors toasts landfill-free status at major breweries

America's second-largest beer and cider maker achieves landfill-free status at all its major breweries

  • Management
  • 19 February 2016
Ford's North American headquarters go landfill-free
Ford's North American headquarters go landfill-free

Motor company's headquarters in Canada, the US and Mexico now send no waste to landfill, instead recycling, composting or generating energy from waste material

  • Waste
  • 10 February 2016
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