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Are Amazon and Apple 'dodging responsibility' for the escalating e-waste crisis?
Environmental Audit Commitee argues electronic and retail giants need to join their brick and mortar rivals in contributing more to a circular economy, but the tech powerhouses insist they are leading efforts to tackle global e-waste mountain
'The world is moving on': Coca-Cola's Therese Noorlander on plastic, packaging, and youth activism
Coca-Cola's sustainability director for Europe Therese Noordlander talks to BusinessGreen about the drinks giant's mission to drive down emissions and ramp up its recycling efforts
UK moves to keep EU waste and recycling targets post-Brexit
Government promises to enshrine target to achieve 65 per cent recycling rate by 2035 in UK law as it publishes new Circular Economy Plan
Study: Electrical waste costing UK £370m in lost valuable raw materials each year
Around 500,000 tonnes of valuable electricals lost, binned, hoarded or stolen in the UK last year, research suggests
Cathedral City launches solution to cheese's plastic recycling challenge
Leading brand launches new effort to recycle flexible film packaging
Evian serves up carbon neutral certification
French firm says it has achieved goal set at Paris climate conference through offsetting and significant carbon reduction efforts across its design, production, shipping, and recycling operations
Coronavirus Response: Covid-19 has shown the UK is starting to build a circular economy
The pandemic-induced lockdown has underlined how critical recycling is to UK supply chains, argues Viridor's Tim Rotheray
UK recycling rate slips, putting EU target in jeopardy
Despite heightened public concern about single-use plastics in recent years, UK household recycling rates fell in 2018
Samsonite lift sustainability efforts with 'carbon neutral' pledge
Luggage maker promises to cut carbon emissions, source 100 per cent renewable energy, and boost durability and recyclability of its products
'Huge potential': EU targets throwaway culture with sweeping circular economy plan
Environmental groups and green businesses broadly welcome strategy, which aims to 'make sustainable products the norm'
Danone ramps up recycled plastics across Evian and Volvic brands
Both Evian and Volvic also set to become 'carbon neutral' in the UK in 2020, claims the French food and drinks giant
Toy firm Mattel aims to construct a sustainable future with new bio-plastics building sets
The new products build on the firm's recently announced commitment to make 100 per cent of its toys recycled and recyclable by 2030
Recycling support: US firms launch bra take-back service
Anyone ordering a new bra from online retailer Harper Wilde can now send an old one back for recycling
New simplified look revealed for On-Pack Recycling Labels
Labelling system designed to aid consumers about how to recycle packaging gets makeover following market research