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Renewable and recyclable bottles will be made by Pulpex using 100 per cent wood pulp

Billed as a first for a supermarket in the UK, the refill station is designed to reduce plastic waste and avoid food spillages

Year-long research project led by Systemiq asserts window for action is fast closing, but concludes shift towards net zero plastics system is affordable and achievable

Dutch firm Avantium manufactures plant-based plastics from fructose, and is also exploring captured CO2 as a future feedstock for fossil-free materials

Avonmouth facility capable of processing 80,000 tonnes of plastic every year while generating electricity from 320,000 tonnes of waste

No wet wipes, pet wipes, cleaning wipes or tissues sold in Tesco stores will contain plastic by the end of 2022, the firm has said

Eco-ranking of UK's largest supermarkets underscores significant discrepancies between chains' performance on waste, emissions, and plastic

Independent directors can hold companies' feet to the fire on plastics - they owe it to their shareholders as well as the planet, argues Planet Tracker's John Willis

Investment will allow supermarket chain to meet its aim of recycling as much plastic as it puts out to market by 2025, according to update

We must move away from a 'take, make, waste' mentality to drastically reduce the amount of material we consume, argues Environmental Justice Foundation CEO Steve Trent