Consumer goods giant Unilever has achieved zero waste to landfill at all of its factories in the UK and Ireland and has brought forward plans for cutting waste further across …
29 Jan. —
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Martin Hodges, Veolia Environmental Services
It’s clear the waste management sector is transforming itself into resource management. Led by significant drivers such as the landfill directive, carbon reporting, resource …
Ecological fast moving consumer goods manufacturer Ecover has announced a major innovation in its aim to reduce its impacts.
From 2014 all its bottled ranges will be sold in …
Continuum Recycling, the joint venture between Coca-Cola Enterprises and ECO Plastics is now operating at full capacity and has sorted 250 million bottles within nine months …
Waitrose food and cosmetics products could soon be packaged using Welsh ryegrass.
The retailer is working with two Welsh universities to research how ryegrass might be used …
The John Lewis Partnership has committed to developing a 'closed loop' waste plastics strategy in what is claimed to be a first for a UK retailer.
In a deal with …
The UN is putting pressure on the world’s retailers and their supply chains to tackle the issue of food waste.
A global campaign has been launched in a bid to pressure food …
A new campaign by Sainsbury’s aims to cut down on the £680 worth of food that each UK family throws away each year.
According to research by Mintel Consulting in partnership …
Food retailers and manufactures need to do more to raise awareness amongst consumers about the role packaging and labeling has in cutting food waste in the home.
According …
The world’s first certification scheme to support the reuse of used and waste electrical and electronic equipment (UEEE and WEEE) has been launched.
The standard, known as …