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Consumers ignoring role of packaging in keeping food fresh
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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 … -
Best practice standard launched to support reuse of WEEE
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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 … -
UK events sector sets 2020 target to be waste-free
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The UK’s events industry aims to be waste-free by 2020 and has launched a WRAP-backed campaign to get the sector working together. UK events are worth around £36 billion and … -
Innovative container design aims to drive up kerbside recycling
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A new kerbside recycling model is being piloted in Northern Ireland in a bid to help local authorities drive up recycling rates and lower costs. Bryson Recycling is … -
CIWM Great Waste Survey 2013
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Take the 2013 Great Waste Survey, sponsored by P&L Software. Your feedback is vital (and much appreciated). It takes 5 minutes and we'll bring you the results and analysis in … -
Sustainable packaging solution launches in North America
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The Notbox Company is to launch its eco-friendly alternative to the cardboard box in North America. Currently cardboard is used to ship 90% of all products in the US, however … -
How Do You Deal With Waste Plastics Contaminated with Maggots?
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After a great start to the Hollybank sites waste recycling project, and reaching our target of 0% landfill, we have hit our first problem. Just as you start to think that … -
Ford drives forward on plans cut waste sent to landfill
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Ford is stepping up measures to reduce the amount of waste-to-landfill from its facilities as part of a new five-year global waste reduction strategy. Under the plan, … -
Farm to plate: the 33% dilemma - where does our food go?
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A new global campaign has been launched to dramatically cut the 1.3bn tonnes of food lost or wasted globally each year. Following the recent report by the Institution of … -
Epiphany: E-waste directly related to E-consumption! Who knew?
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After a week pondering how much food we throw away and trying to think up ingenious ways to get my kids to eat their fish fingers and stop wasting food (btw the only thing …
