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Invicta first to create food-safe products from 100% recycled plastics
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Invicta Plastics, the company that invented the plastic ruler, has created the world’s first rigid, food-safe products from 100% recycled plastic bottles, lids and milk … -
Recycled plastic tiger on the prowl
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This stunning tiger made completely out of recycled materials pounced on St Pancras International in London as part of Tiger Tracks, a Save Wild Tigers campaign to raise … -
Unilever brings waste target forward five years
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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 … -
Ecover fishes plastic out of the sea to make bottles
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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 … -
Waitrose keen to make use of Welsh ryegrass for its packaging
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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 … -
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 … -
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 … -
Half of the world's food goes to waste
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Up to half of all the food produced in the world ends up going to waste, according to a new report published today. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) says …
