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Will recycled plastics survive tanking oil prices?
Will recycled plastics survive tanking oil prices?

Single-use plastics are helping keep people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, but creating new challenges for governments in dealing with the waste problem

  • Supply chain
  • 22 May 2020
Inside Eastman's moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics
Inside Eastman's moonshot goal for endlessly circular plastics

From plastics to fashion, the US chemicals giant is innovating in pursuit of a new approach for managing the world's most ubiquitous materials

  • Recycling
  • 15 May 2020
Scientists hail plastic-eating enzyme as 'breakthrough' for recycling
Scientists hail plastic-eating enzyme as 'breakthrough' for recycling

Demonstration plant to open next year for lab-engineered enzyme researchers claim can break down 90 per cent of PET plastic in 10 hours

  • Recycling
  • 09 April 2020
Report: Four drinks brands accused of driving upwards of half a million tonnes of plastic waste annually
Report: Four drinks brands accused of driving upwards of half a million tonnes of plastic waste annually

Tearfund estimates that the open burning of companies’ plastic products in six focus countries spews roughly 4.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere each year.

  • Recycling
  • 31 March 2020
Tackling the scourge of plastic waste requires ambitious policies
Tackling the scourge of plastic waste requires ambitious policies

Bright Blue's Patrick Hall sets out four immediate actions the government should take to combat plastic waste

  • Policy
  • 17 March 2020
'Huge potential': EU targets throwaway culture with sweeping circular economy plan
'Huge potential': EU targets throwaway culture with sweeping circular economy plan

Environmental groups and green businesses broadly welcome strategy, which aims to 'make sustainable products the norm'

  • Policy
  • 12 March 2020
From stations and supermarkets to fast fashion and takeaway boxes, the plastics crackdown continues
From stations and supermarkets to fast fashion and takeaway boxes, the plastics crackdown continues

The initial headline-grabbing pledges to phase out single use plastic may have become old news, but the new normal is seeing hundreds of companies quietly advance their plastic reduction strategies

  • Waste
  • 26 February 2020
Tesco banishes shrink wrap for multipack cans
Tesco banishes shrink wrap for multipack cans

Heinz is exploring ways to roll out the initiative across other retailers, a move that could reduce CO2 emissions by up to 3300 tonnes a year.

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  • 24 January 2020
'Test and learn': Asda announces plan for sustainable store to trial refillable solutions
'Test and learn': Asda announces plan for sustainable store to trial refillable solutions

Refill stations, recycling points, and a 'naked florist' are all to be trialled at a Leeds store

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  • 16 January 2020
Colgate launches 'first ever' recyclable toothpaste tube
Colgate launches 'first ever' recyclable toothpaste tube

Colgate-Palmolive said it will share its tube technology with competitors in a bid to help make recyclable tubes an industry standard

  • Waste
  • 14 January 2020
'Counterproductive': Supermarket plastic crackdown risks graver environmental harm, report warns
'Counterproductive': Supermarket plastic crackdown risks graver environmental harm, report warns

Research highlights poorly thought-through approaches to tackling plastic pollution and failure of government leadership

  • Policy
  • 09 January 2020
Why we need more than plastic promises
Why we need more than plastic promises

As a major new report reveals the huge complexity shaping the industry response to the war on plastic, Green Alliance's Libby Peake argues a more coherent approach is urgently required

  • Waste
  • 09 January 2020
Recipe box outfit Gousto delivers on 50 per cent plastic reduction pledge
Recipe box outfit Gousto delivers on 50 per cent plastic reduction pledge

Company says it has met its target to halve plastic packaging and is now working to make all its branded packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by the end of 2022

  • Technology
  • 07 January 2020
The net zero decade? 10 key trends to watch for the 2020s
The net zero decade? 10 key trends to watch for the 2020s

PART TWO: The next ten years are set to be decisive in the fight against climate change - here are the key trends that will shape the global green economy

  • Management
  • 31 December 2019
In the Green Room with L'Oreal's Nathalie Bleach
In the Green Room with L'Oreal's Nathalie Bleach

The beauty giant's operations director is a keen diver intent on driving down the firm's plastic use

  • Management
  • 17 December 2019
Plastics Pact: One billion single use plastic items to be eliminated by end of 2020
Plastics Pact: One billion single use plastic items to be eliminated by end of 2020

Businesses need to deal with highly complex technical and economic challenges in order to meet plastic reduction targets, report shows

  • Recycling
  • 17 December 2019
A Circular Christmas? Charity urges greener habits for party outfits
A Circular Christmas? Charity urges greener habits for party outfits

Hubbub is urging consumers to think twice before buying Christmas Party outfits they will only wear once

  • Waste
  • 16 December 2019
Asda to make plastic packaging a rare sight for its steak range
Asda to make plastic packaging a rare sight for its steak range

Cardboard trays trialed on one steak cut is to be rolled out to entire range from mid-December

  • Recycling
  • 13 December 2019
From Buxton to Belu: Water brands commit to 100 per cent recycled plastic
From Buxton to Belu: Water brands commit to 100 per cent recycled plastic

Water brand announcements flag the complexities of making their packaging more sustainable

  • Recycling
  • 06 December 2019
Doctor's orders: Boots prescribes compostable pharmacy bags
Doctor's orders: Boots prescribes compostable pharmacy bags

Boots to start offering customers their medicines in 100 per cent compostable bags made using potato starch

  • Waste
  • 25 November 2019
Vegan, compostable bandages? Meet the firm healing the planet one plaster at a time
Vegan, compostable bandages? Meet the firm healing the planet one plaster at a time

James Dutton started making eco-friendly plasters from bamboo fibre in his kitchen four years' ago - now the brand is available in 36 countries around the world

  • Waste
  • 21 November 2019
Refill app expands to food on the go
Refill app expands to food on the go

App that shows people where to refill water bottles is being expanded to cover food, groceries, cleaning products, and toiletries

  • Policy
  • 13 November 2019
Is the global quest to end plastic waste a circular firing squad?
Is the global quest to end plastic waste a circular firing squad?

There's tremendous progress toward eliminating single-use plastic packaging - Why are activists so unhappy?

  • Waste
  • 08 November 2019
'Freeze out fossil fuels' to combat climate breakdown, study urges
'Freeze out fossil fuels' to combat climate breakdown, study urges

Research has found only a tiny proportion of people are making the most effective lifestyle changes to shrink their carbon footprint

  • Energy
  • 01 November 2019
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