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CES 2021's Green Highlights: Solar-powered TV remotes, electric air taxis, and balcony beekeeping
CES 2021's Green Highlights: Solar-powered TV remotes, electric air taxis, and balcony beekeeping

Taking place virtually for the first time, the annual Consumer Electronics Show once again featured a host of emerging clean technologies - BusinessGreen takes a look at some of the most eye-catching developments

  • Technology
  • 18 January 2021
Unilever and Alibaba launch 'world first' AI-powered closed-loop recycling system
Unilever and Alibaba launch 'world first' AI-powered closed-loop recycling system

New recycling machines are being installed in Shanghai and Hangzhou, with an eye on rolling them out right across China in the future

  • Recycling
  • 11 January 2021
Medicine pack recycling initiative rolls out across UK pharmacies
Medicine pack recycling initiative rolls out across UK pharmacies

Brits can now recycle their empty medicine blister packets by dropping them off at pharmacies participating in the latest initiative from recycling specialist Terracycle

  • Waste
  • 07 January 2021
UKRI awards £8m to innovative plastic packaging waste projects
UKRI awards £8m to innovative plastic packaging waste projects

Research into compostable plastics, waste management systems, and 'hard-to-recycle' plastics among 10 projects to secure support from government-backed agency

  • Waste
  • 19 November 2020
Car firms and recyclers team up for EV battery supply chain project
Car firms and recyclers team up for EV battery supply chain project

EMR Metals Recycling joins forces with Bentley Motors, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, and a host of partners to develop UK EV battery recycling supply chain

  • Automotive
  • 17 November 2020
Refills, recycling and plastic-free fruit and veg: Asda debuts 'sustainability store'
Refills, recycling and plastic-free fruit and veg: Asda debuts 'sustainability store'

Trial store in Leeds is set to feature more than 50 fresh produce lines sold in a loose or unwrapped format to cut down on packaging and plastic waste

  • Waste
  • 20 October 2020
John Lewis Partnership targets net zero carbon by 2035
John Lewis Partnership targets net zero carbon by 2035

Waitrose and John Lewis bring forward net zero goal by 15 years as group outlines new food waste and online delivery strategies

  • Recycling
  • 16 October 2020
Plastics recycling: Four 'cutting edge' facilities secure £20m UKRI funding
Plastics recycling: Four 'cutting edge' facilities secure £20m UKRI funding

Government research body announces fresh support for plastics recycling facilities alongside £65m of industry investment

  • Recycling
  • 16 October 2020
ASOS unveils 'circular' fashion collection
ASOS unveils 'circular' fashion collection

Online fashion retailer has trained its designers in making its clothing and jewellery more sustainable, recyclable and reusable

  • Recycling
  • 29 September 2020
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
'Recycling's most wanted': Innocent and Hubbub team up in bid to boost recycling rates
'Recycling's most wanted': Innocent and Hubbub team up in bid to boost recycling rates

New campaign in Kensington and Chelsea aims to use catchy messaging to encourage people to recycle the right objects

  • Waste
  • 22 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
Jaguar Land Rover turns to recycled aluminium to cut manufacturing CO2
Jaguar Land Rover turns to recycled aluminium to cut manufacturing CO2

The firm's £2m REALITY project is developing high-grade aluminium from a blend of waste cans, bottle tops, and scrap vehicles

  • Supply chain
  • 24 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
Britons poised to throw out 67 million clothes after lockdown, WRAP warns
Britons poised to throw out 67 million clothes after lockdown, WRAP warns

Public urged to check ahead to avoid overwhelming charity shops with mountain of clothing donations

  • Waste
  • 24 June 2020
'Fantastic opportunity': UK gears up £2.6m recycling project for electric car motors
'Fantastic opportunity': UK gears up £2.6m recycling project for electric car motors

Innovate UK-backed initiative aims to scale up recycling process for rare earth metals used in electric vehicles

  • Recycling
  • 01 June 2020
Green renewal: The blueprint for waste has already been drafted - and it's fantastic
Green renewal: The blueprint for waste has already been drafted - and it's fantastic

The government's Resources and Waste Strategy provides a blueprint for building a circular economy out of the Covid-19 crisis, argues Viridor's Tim Rotheray

  • Waste
  • 26 May 2020
Nespresso ramps up recycled aluminium coffee pod content in bid for a greener brew
Nespresso ramps up recycled aluminium coffee pod content in bid for a greener brew

Coffee capsule brand launched aluminium pods made using 80 per cent recycled aluminium

  • Supply chain
  • 15 May 2020
Refurbished electronics website Back Market raises $120m investment
Refurbished electronics website Back Market raises $120m investment

French start-up secures backing from Goldman Sachs and others in bid to expand its marketplace for refurbished smartphones, laptops and tablets

  • Recycling
  • 06 May 2020
First Mile and Delphis Eco launch reuse service to plug Covid-19 plastic bottle top shortage
First Mile and Delphis Eco launch reuse service to plug Covid-19 plastic bottle top shortage

Two firms offer free household collection service for plastic bottle lids to combat global shortage of hand sanitiser dispensers

  • Recycling
  • 09 April 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
P&G to ramp up recycled plastic in its packaging with five-year Viridor deal
P&G to ramp up recycled plastic in its packaging with five-year Viridor deal

Agreement will see recycling firm Viridor supply consumer goods giant with recycled plastic for use in its packaging

  • Waste
  • 18 February 2020
Britvic banks on sustainability with £400m loan facility linked to green goals
Britvic banks on sustainability with £400m loan facility linked to green goals

Interest on the loan is dependent on Britvic driving progress towards its green goals to cut plastics and emissions by 2025

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  • 18 February 2020
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