Colgate has launched an ‘industry-first’ recyclable toothpaste tube, as part of the company’s aim for 100 per cent of its packaging to be recyclable by 2025.
The UK’s first waste-to-hydrogen plant using technology developed by Powerhouse Energy Group has secured funding for the next stage of its development at its site in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
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Zoë Lenkiewicz, Head of Programmes and Engagement at WasteAid, explains how the charity is providing economic opportunities and cleaning up the environment by turning low-density polyethylene into roofing tiles in The Gambia.
Following the installation of the UK’s first automated compressor dismantling facility at the Environcom recycling plant in Grantham, Environcom CEO Cris Stephenson and REPIC CEO Mark Burrows-Smith explain more about the project.
The fibre-based packaging industry has issued new recyclability guidelines to help designers boost the recyclability and functionality of paper packaging.
Mars Wrigley and social enterprise Behaviour Change have launched a free toolkit to help local authorities and property owners to reduce gum littering.
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has published its latest Retail Survey, revealing the progress made by supermarkets in improving food labelling and packaging.
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has launched a sustainable design tool, PackScore, to help brands, retailers and designers to assess the recyclability of their plastic packaging.
From ‘ghost fishing net’ trackers to fungus-based ‘bio-recycling’, five innovative projects have won funding from Plan Plastic, an initiative from Waitrose & Partners and Hubbub.
Technology company Bühler UK Ltd and litter collection tool company The Helping Hand Company have been awarded Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in the fields of Innovation and International Trade.
Diageo, parent company of Guinness, Harp and Smithwick’s beers, has pledged to remove plastic rings from its multipacks of cans as part of a drive to reduce plastic waste.
Five companies have scooped a share of €1 million from H&M’s Global Change Award 2019, which supports businesses reducing textile waste or making clothing more sustainable.
The HERU (Home Energy Resource Unit), a new domestic waste disposal appliance found to be less impactful in terms of CO2 emissions than more traditional waste collection methods by environmental consultants Ricardo Energy and Environment, has gone out for technical trials this month.
