recycling

Slight year-on-year uptick in household recycling welcomed by industry, but green groups highlight 'packaging waste mountain' revealed by latest Defra figures

Emissions from UK landfill rose five per cent in 2016, with experts attributing the rise to a change in methodology - but should businesses be concerned about the increase in their waste footprint?

Pledge is part of fresh sustainability strategy from the food supplier, which includes promises to switch to clean energy and convert to 100 per cent recyclable packaging

Producer responsibility schemes would jump-start the circular economy in the UK, argues Nick Oettinger from The Furniture Recyling Group

Bunzl's Joanna Gilroy

Two firms strike multi-year agreement to create plant-based caprolactam - a key ingredient in producing 100 per cent sustainable nylon

Consumer goods giant calls on wider industry to accelerate progress towards a circular economy and stem the tide of ocean and waterway plastic pollution

Just a fraction of global resources are re-used according to new research - but can we close the loop in time?

The company joins a growing number of businesses taking action on single-use plastics

It may have gone some way to tackling the scourge of plastic pollution, but May missed the opportunity to turbo charge the government's green revamp