Nestlé will invest £1.5bn to ensure that ‘plastic never becomes waste’
Nestlé has announced that they will invest £1.5bn to the development of new recyclable and sustainable packaging. The Swiss food
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Recycling
Recycle or replant your Christmas tree to save it from landfill
With an estimated 8 million trees being disposed of this year, the government is encouraging people to recycle or replant
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How we can recycle more buildings
More than 35 billion tonnes of non-metallic minerals are extracted from the Earth every year. These materials mainly end up being used
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New ‘recycling-up’ process has saved 340,000 plastic bottles from landfill
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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Advent calendars pose major environmental and recycling problems
Waste and recycling company BusinessWaste estimates there are 16.5 million advent calenders containing single-use plastics in circulation this year, enough
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Two thirds would pay more for packaging with less plastic
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
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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Serious pollution incidents have increased by 27% since 2017, report says
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
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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Government plans to track UK waste at home and abroad
Up to £1m of government funding is being awarded to help tackle waste crime in the UK and prevent illegal
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New process creates fresh plastic from waste
Researchers have developed an efficient process for recycling plastic by turning it into a gas that can then be recycled
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Misleading wording on packaging encourages littering, study says
Confusion around compostable packaging could lead to an increase in littering, with 38% of consumers not realising that compostable packaging
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Carlsberg to create the world’s first ‘paper’ beer bottle
Carlsberg Group has made progress on their journey to create the world’s first paper beer bottle made completely from sustainably
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12 million tonnes of waste from electric products expected next year
Consumers should demand electronic products be made from recycled plastics, says Post-Consumer High-tech Recycled Polymers for a Circular Economy (PolyCE)
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NUS launches recycling competition for universities
The National Union of Students has teamed up with Coca-Cola to launch a national recycling competition for eleven UK universities.
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Gove backs ‘all-in’ drinks deposit return scheme
Environment secretary Michael Gove outlined his personal support for an ‘all-in’ Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) today (July 16), which would
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Waste industry offers to invest £10bn in recycling infrastructure
The UK’s major waste management companies have written to the government saying they are ready to invest £10bn in the
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Plastic-eating fungus among winners of Waitrose’s £1m pollution fund
A facility that uses fungus to break down plastic and a project that uses mussels to filter microplastics in the
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Tesco starts plastic-packaging recycling trial
Tesco has launched a trial programme to collect previously unrecyclable plastics in 10 of its stores. Customers will be able
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Coventry to resurface roads with plastic pellets
Coventry will resurface more of its roads with recycled plastic pellets and rubber crumbs that have come from old vehicle
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