With only one in 400 cups recycled, and even those barely ‘green’, the hunt is on for an alternative.
Britain gets through 2.5 billion of them every year, and the number is set to increase. But…
From singing birthday cards to baby food pouches, a growing trend of mixing materials is making recycling even harder.
The cheerful, singing voice inside your musical “Happy Birthday” card is enough…
In 2016, Paige Balcom fell in love with Uganda. It happened in Lukodi, a village outside of the town of Gulu, where she was on a Fulbright research grant. Working with farmers and a school for child…
A mutant bacterial enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles for recycling in hours has been created by scientists.
The enzyme, originally discovered in a compost heap of leaves, reduced the bottles…
Bacterium is able to break down polyurethane, which is widely used but rarely recycled.
A bacterium that feeds on toxic plastic has been discovered by scientists. The bug not only breaks the plastic…
Ivory Coast-based startup Coliba, which has developed a recycling and waste management platform, has raised funding from German firm GreenTec Capital Partners, which will also provide the company…
British American Tobacco publishes its new sustainability report and sets out plans to become carbon neutral by 2030.
The tobacco manufacturing company has published its new sustainability report,…
The Welsh government hopes that the measures will make the country one of the world’s top recycling nations.
The Welsh Government has set out plans designed to restrict the sale of single-use, hard…
Sustainability is trending in the fashion industry. But what’s behind the PR slogans of the big brands promoting textile recycling? And where lie the chances and barriers for change? Facts, figures,…
Supermarket claims engaging with its suppliers and customers has been key to reducing plastic from own-brand products
Frozen food retailer Iceland has today announced it has cut its use of plastic…
To avert an impending waste crisis, the industry must look at ways to extend the useful life of solar power systems and maximise what can be reused and recycled. Laws and knowledge sharing are…
Marks and Spencer announce it will be expanding the ‘Fill Your Own’ sustainability trial after increase of sales on refillable groceries.
M&S Food’s first Fill Your Own trial was launched in mid…
Recycling facilities in the US can't process most of the plastics.
You’re trying to do the right thing by throwing away that plastic container into the recycling bin. It even had a label that said…
Discovery draws criticism from those who say fashion industry generates too much waste
Hundreds of Victoria’s Secret bras have reportedly been found discarded in a bin close to a recently closed…
Interest on the loan is dependent on Britvic driving progress towards its green goals to cut plastics and emissions by 2025
Soft drinks manufacturer Britvic has become the latest corporate to sign…
Africa is facing a serious lead poisoning problem. In Senegal, for example, researchers linked the deaths of children from processing lead waste to supply a lead battery recycling plant in a poor…
Agreement will see recycling firm Viridor supply consumer goods giant with recycled plastic for use in its packaging
Proctor & Gamble has signed a five-year plastic supply contract with UK…
Wind turbines already have a recyclability rate of 85% to 90%. Making turbines 100% recyclable is an important task for the wind industry – and we are making significant progress in the right…
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