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Waste and Recycling

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Restaurants must embrace technology to reduce food waste

10th January 202010th January 2020 Joel Montaniel

Restaurants need to turn to technology to better understand and combat the problem of food waste, writes Joel Montaniel, CEO

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Features Waste and Recycling 

Sustainable packaging may be worse for the environment than plastic

9th January 2020 Pippa Neill

With increasing pressure to reduce plastic packaging, the UK’s five major supermarkets have admitted to not always considering the full

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Climate Change Features Waste and Recycling 

New Vogue magazine features no photos to improve carbon footprint

8th January 20209th March 2020 Pippa Neill

Italian Vogue, the most prestigious fashion magazine in the world, has announced that to reduce its carbon footprint, the January

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Features Waste and Recycling 

Co-op commits to 100% recyclable packaging

8th January 20208th January 2020 Thomas Barrett

The Co-op has announced it will only use 100% own-brand recyclable packaging by summer 2020. It means everything from ready

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Features Waste and Recycling 

Wales plots 100% circular economy

7th January 2020 Pippa Neill

The Welsh Government has announced £6.5m in funding to help Wales become ‘the world leader in recycling.’  Wales is currently

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Features Recycling Waste and Recycling 

Recycle or replant your Christmas tree to save it from landfill

6th January 2020 Pippa Neill

With an estimated 8 million trees being disposed of this year, the government is encouraging people to recycle or replant

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Features Waste and Recycling 

Think twice before purchasing Christmas crackers this festive period

11th December 201912th December 2019 Pippa Neill

30% of extra waste is generated during the festive period and Christmas crackers are a major source of this waste,

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New ‘recycling-up’ process has saved 340,000 plastic bottles from landfill

5th December 2019 Pippa Neill

Toiletry product company Splosh has created a closed-loop recycling system, which makes it easier for consumers to recycle their products. 

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Features Waste Waste and Recycling 

Nottingham shopping centre has launched a new coffee cup recycling scheme

4th December 2019 Pippa Neill

Nottingham Giltbrook Retail Park has launched on Saturday (November 30) a paper cup recycling scheme with the hopes to recycle

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Features Waste Waste and Recycling 

Glasgow aims to be plastic-free by 2030

29th November 201929th November 2019 Pippa Neill

Glasgow City Council has announced a Plastic Reduction Strategy, a 24 point action plan that will see the city free

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Features Waste and Recycling 

Fighting back against Black Friday e-waste

29th November 201929th November 2019 Christian McBride

Retailers are preparing for a surge in sales during Black Friday weekend, with big discounts online and in-store. Christian McBride

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Waste and Recycling 

Why Black Friday needs to get greener

28th November 201911th December 2019 Pippa Neill

With Black Friday coming up this week (November 27), Environment Journal wanted to investigate the environmental consequences of this shopping frenzy. 

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Energy Features Waste and Recycling 

Recycling wind turbine parts could provide savings of up to 40%

22nd November 201922nd November 2019 Pippa Neill

Engineers are currently developing a way to recycle wind-turbine parts in order to contribute to a more circular economy by

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Features Waste Waste and Recycling 

McDonald’s launches new plastic-free programme

14th November 201914th November 2019 Thomas Barrett

Fast-food giant McDonald’s has launched a new programme to cut plastic waste from its restaurants, which will begin by removing

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Two thirds would pay more for packaging with less plastic

5th November 2019 Pippa Neill

Almost two thirds (62%) of Europeans would be willing to pay a premium price for products that use packaging with

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Major drink companies to use 100% recyclable bottles, but scepticism remains

4th November 20194th November 2019 Pippa Neill

Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper and PepsiCo have joined together in an attempt to tackle the plastic waste problem with their new

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Features Net-Zero Waste and Recycling 

Sky invests in zero-waste shopping service

30th October 20199th March 2020 Pippa Neill

Sky TV has invested £1.5m into a zero-waste shopping service that delivers products to customers in reusable packaging.  The plastic-free

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Features Waste and Recycling 

O2 has recycled 3 million devices in ten years

28th October 2019 Pippa Neill

Mobile phone company O2 has diverted over three million devices from landfills through its recycling program, which encourages consumers to

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Serious pollution incidents have increased by 27% since 2017, report says

28th October 201928th October 2019 Pippa Neill

The Environment Agency (EA) published a report today (October 28) revealing that although the majority of England’s business are working

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Coca Cola world’s largest plastic polluter

24th October 2019 Pippa Neill

Coca-Cola is the world’s largest plastic polluter, polluting more than the next three global polluters combined, according to a report

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