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'Recycling's most wanted': Innocent and Hubbub team up in bid to boost recycling rates
'Recycling's most wanted': Innocent and Hubbub team up in bid to boost recycling rates

New campaign in Kensington and Chelsea aims to use catchy messaging to encourage people to recycle the right objects

  • Waste
  • 22 September 2020
Currys PC World aims to help customers 'Go Greener' with new campaign
Currys PC World aims to help customers 'Go Greener' with new campaign

Tech giant kicks off major new campaign designed to promote new wave of ultra-efficient smart technologies

  • BusinessGreen
  • 18 September 2020
Why is England's progress on waste reduction flat-lining?
Why is England's progress on waste reduction flat-lining?

The volume of waste produced in England has remained largely the same for the past five years, presenting fresh questions as to how government, businesses, and households can successfully curb waste levels

  • Waste
  • 06 August 2020
Carbon-free diet? HelloFresh commits to offsetting all emissions
Carbon-free diet? HelloFresh commits to offsetting all emissions

  • BusinessGreen
  • 05 August 2020
Primark kicks off nationwide clothes recycling scheme
Primark kicks off nationwide clothes recycling scheme

High street fashion retailer rolls out collection boxes for shoppers to ditch old clothes at all 190 of its UK stores

  • Recycling
  • 30 July 2020
Aceleron secures £2m boost in quest for waste-free batteries
Aceleron secures £2m boost in quest for waste-free batteries

UK developer secures investment to expand development of EV and grid storage batteries that can be repaired, reused and upgraded

  • Energy
  • 28 July 2020
Hackney Council announces it is fully powered by renewables
Hackney Council announces it is fully powered by renewables

The clean energy milestone comes just weeks after Hackney Council revealed plans to open a 'library of things' where citizens can borrow useful items in a bid to reduce household waste.

  • Buildings
  • 03 April 2020
Starbucks deploys charges and jingles to tackle disposable cup use
Starbucks deploys charges and jingles to tackle disposable cup use

Starbucks is experimenting with fresh ways of encouraging its customers to order their coffee in a reusable rather than disposable cup

  • Recycling
  • 09 January 2020
Fashion sector on trend to miss 2020 waste targets
Fashion sector on trend to miss 2020 waste targets

Population growth, rising consumption levels, lack of collection infrastructure and fast fashion is blocking industry progress on waste, report finds

  • Policy
  • 19 December 2019
Plastic-free material made from fish waste wins £30,000 James Dyson prize
Plastic-free material made from fish waste wins £30,000 James Dyson prize

Student inventor Lucy Hughes takes home prize for MarinaTex, a biodegradable translucent film made from organic fish waste and red algae

  • Recycling
  • 14 November 2019
WRAP: Shelf-life tweaks helping to tackle food waste mountain
WRAP: Shelf-life tweaks helping to tackle food waste mountain

WRAP's latest retail survey provides up-to-date guidance for retailers on shelf-life messaging, including best before dates and open-life statements

  • Waste
  • 05 November 2019
Waste no more: Lavazza launches compostable coffee pods
Waste no more: Lavazza launches compostable coffee pods

Lavazza launches new push to tackle the global coffee pod waste mountain

  • Waste
  • 04 November 2019
Global Climathon catalyses innovation from Honduras to Honolulu
Global Climathon catalyses innovation from Honduras to Honolulu

Winning ideas at the annual climate hackathon cover everything from up-cycling schemes to climate resilience maps

  • Technology
  • 28 October 2019
Environment Agency sounds alarm over spike in pollution and illegal waste
Environment Agency sounds alarm over spike in pollution and illegal waste

Last year saw a 27 per cent increase in serious pollution incidents and 12 per cent increase in illegal waste sites compared to the previous year, Agency finds

  • Policy
  • 28 October 2019
Treasure your River: Businesses urged to back clean up campaign
Treasure your River: Businesses urged to back clean up campaign

Treasure your River litter clean-up campaign aims to help tackle ocean waste crisis by targeting inland waterways

  • Policy
  • 16 October 2019
Circular construction: Industry group calls for building materials exchange
Circular construction: Industry group calls for building materials exchange

Digitisation across the construction industry could pave way for more circular resource models, proponents say

  • Policy
  • 16 October 2019
Waitrose removes plastic on bestselling staples
Waitrose removes plastic on bestselling staples

Retailer is to remove wrap from canned vegetables, saving 18 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic a year.

  • Policy
  • 16 October 2019
'Infinite play': Adidas launches trade-in project for old sneakers and clothes
'Infinite play': Adidas launches trade-in project for old sneakers and clothes

Sportswear giant is hoping to reduce its environmental footprint through a pioneering new take-back scheme

  • Policy
  • 16 October 2019
Biffa Waste fined over £500,000 for illegally exporting contaminated waste
Biffa Waste fined over £500,000 for illegally exporting contaminated waste

Biffa Waste has said it is seeking to appeal the verdict

  • Waste
  • 30 September 2019
Starbucks and Hubbub brew up coffee cup recycling funding
Starbucks and Hubbub brew up coffee cup recycling funding

Specialist recycling facilities for paper cups will be introduced in around 70 locations thanks to funding from Starbucks' 5p cup charge

  • Recycling
  • 16 September 2019
Law to end "toxic colonialism" comes into force
Law to end "toxic colonialism" comes into force

Governments ratify treaty amendment banning export of hazardous waste from EU and OECD countries

  • Legislation
  • 09 September 2019
Waste electronics: £3.5m boost for reuse and collection of small electricals
Waste electronics: £3.5m boost for reuse and collection of small electricals

WEEE Fund aims to make it easier for people to reuse small electricals which too often end up in bins or are recycled incorrectly

  • Waste
  • 16 August 2019
Global plastics recycling market could reach $40bn in 2019
Global plastics recycling market could reach $40bn in 2019

China's waste ban fuelling investment from other countries in domestic plastics recycling infrastructure, according to analysis from Frost & Sullivan

  • Recycling
  • 09 August 2019
Food waste: £1.2bn of UK food never reaches supermarket shelves
Food waste: £1.2bn of UK food never reaches supermarket shelves

WRAP study finds 3.6 million tonnes of food surplus and waste occurs at farms and in food supply chains

  • Supply chain
  • 26 July 2019
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