Recycling

Luxury goods giant promises to step up recycling and re-use efforts and pledges to end the use of fur

Government reveals consultation later this year will include proposal to double current 5p charge on single-use plastic carrier bags

Here's the who, what, where, when and why of waste

Company announces it is to introduce compostable straws at all its pubs, in a move that should stop 30 million plastic straws from being used each year

Budget supermarket will use clear plastic trays for fruit and vegetables from this month, which can be more easily recycled than black counterparts

Three companies team up to develop waste plastics as a raw material for making fuels, chemicals and new plastics

92 retail brands including of Caffé Nero, Costa, Lush, McDonald's and Pret A Manger have promised to refill shoppers' water bottles as part of new push to cut plastic waste

US food and drink giants step up efforts to boost recycling rates and tackle packaging waste, as Kraft Heinz joins Science Based Targets Initiative

In the rush to find new solutions to our plastic crisis, we must not swap one problem for another, writes ClientEarth wildlife lawyer Tatiana Lujan

Docklands development joins Surfers Against Sewage campaign as the world's first commercial centre to set a 'plastic free' goal