Resource Efficiency

Study warns many countries are lagging far behind EU target to recycle 50 per cent of waste by 2020

Adopting cradle-to-cradle ethos would cut costs and improve the resilience of EU industry, Stef Kranendijk tells BusinessGreen Plus

Environmentally-friendly cleaning products company plans to collect waste plastic dumped in the oceans to recycle into new bottles

Goods produced for UK require huge amounts of land overseas, leaving the country vulnerable to resource shortages, warn Friends of the Earth

BusinessGreen Plus: Experts warn Treasury may regret killing a review into resource scarcity given the scale of the threat - and the opportunities it presents

UK needs strong evidence base on which to make policy decisions to protect businesses from resource scarcity, EEF says

James Murray argues that without more demanding product standards lazy consumers will continue to undermine the "circular economy" vision

Embedding recycling into business models offers substantial advantages to clothing, food and drinks companies

Top Dollar Mobile says recycling handsets stops harmful chemicals leaking into the environment and saves resources - but too few of us are doing it

Dairy UK signs up to Federation House Commitment, as WRAP offers funding to Welsh manufacturers seeking to boost resource efficiency