Resource Efficiency

Waste

Tesco to trial a phase-out of single-use 5p plastic bags

Select Tesco stores will sell only reusable bags in a 10-week trial that could lead to the single-use bags being phased out in all of its stores

clock 25 May 2017 • 2 min read

Recycling

Households to dump 235 million tonnes of clothing in landfill this spring

Sainsbury's and Oxfam urge consumers to recycle clothing as survey suggests 75 per cent of people expect to dump clothes in the bin during this season's annual wardrobe clear-out

clock 06 April 2017 • 2 min read

Management

'Elephant in the boardroom': Report argues execs have to tackle resource consumption

New report from World Resources Institute argues businesses need to find way to decouple GDP growth and resource consumption

clock 24 March 2017 • 2 min read

Recycling

Waste giant Shanks Group rebrands as circular economy specialists Renewi

Rebrand follows Shanks' completed merger with Dutch recycling outfit Van Gansewinkel

clock 28 February 2017 • 2 min read

Policy

Putting resource productivity at the heart of the UK's industrial strategy

Richard Howard at Policy Exchange discusses how to embed resource efficiency into the UK's industrial strategy

clock 03 February 2017 • 7 min read

Recycling

Government urged to act now to stop new materials leading to future landfill woes

Report argues steps need to be taken to ensure emerging materials such as carbon fibre composites and bioplastics are properly reusable and recyclable

clock 02 February 2017 • 2 min read

Policy

Getting novel materials right from the start should be an industrial strategy priority

Jonny Hazell from Green Alliance urges for design stage circular economy thinking to be given priority in industrial strategy

clock 02 February 2017 • 3 min read

Policy

Going round in circles? Brexit's complex challenge to the circular economy

The government has said it wants to make the UK one of the world's most resource efficient economies, but can this admirable ambition survive the turbulence unleashed by Brexit?

clock 01 February 2017 • 8 min read

Recycling

Report: UK must develop ambitious circular economy strategy post-Brexit

Aldersgate Group warns UK may miss out financial benefits of circular economy post-Brexit unless it develops an ambitious reuse and recycling strategy of its own

clock 23 January 2017 • 3 min read

Recycling

Volcom plunges into sustainable swimwear partnership with Aquafil

Following tie-up last year with Speedo, Italian materials manufacturer Aquafil announces new closed-loop swimwear collaboration with Volcom

clock 02 November 2016 • 1 min read