Resource Efficiency

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

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

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?

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

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

Lightfoot plans to roll out gamified software for its smart driving device to non-business drivers next year

French utility acquires 30 per cent of TerraCycle's activities in Europe as part of efforts to tackle waste that is not recyclable through traditional channels

New Harvard study finds workers in green-certified buildings score better in a range of metrics including cognitive function tests

Coca-Cola HBC, one of the beverage giant's primary bottling companies, promises to generate 40 per cent renewable energy and recycle 40 per cent of all packaging by 2020

New study finds nearly all shoppers now routinely use their own bags