Reduction

Fruit and veg
WRAP: 21 types of fruit and veg retailers should sell loose

Alongside several targets highlighted in a pathway produced to help retailers sell fresh fruit and veg loose, WRAP recommends focusing on the biggest selling fresh produce, displaying loose fresh produce prominently and attractively, and setting pricing that is comparable to the packed alternative. The biggest selling fresh produce are:


Construction waste
Circular construction could reduce Scotland’s carbon footprint by 11.5 per cent

The 2022 Circularity Gap Report shows the built environment currently contributes to 50 per cent of country’s overall waste

Energy from Waste plant
Defra commits to halving residual waste per person by 2042

Legally binding target is part of UK’s COP15 pledge to slow the decline of biodiversity

Festival of Circular Economy
Online Festival of Circular Economy opens with challenge to go 'beyond net zero'
By
Amelia Kelly
| 28 November 2022 |
The festival's first day welcomes a keynote session with Marga Hoek and a panel discussion on achieving a circular economy
Plastipak recycling facility opening
Resource Round-Up 23/11/22 - Vodafone, Plastipak, Hopkinson Waste Group and NGE
By
Amelia Kelly
| 23 November 2022 |
A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Plastipak, Hopkinson Waste Group, NGE and Vodafone
Black plastic packaging
​​Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Recycling and reuse targets are 'unlikely to be met'
By
Resource Media
| 3 November 2022 |
The report highlights the upcoming Plastic Treaty as a ‘unique opportunity’ 
Single use plastic
A Plastic Planet: Calls for further action on single-use plastic
By
Savannah Coombe
| 17 October 2022 |
Almost three quarters of the public are concerned about plastic recycling in the UK, A Plastic Planet highlights
Food waste
Hellmann’s launches ‘Fridge Night’ app aimed at reducing food waste
By
Savannah Coombe
| 29 September 2022 |
The app is hosted by Liam Charles and aims to give practical advice to consumers 
workers at PFA replacement plant
Incinerator residue piloted as low-carbon cement component
By
Alice Lang
| 21 September 2022 |
Using incinerator residues, the alternative will cut costs and lower carbon emissions for construction
pile of food waste
Feedback: EU must consider legally binding food waste reduction targets
By
Alice Lang
| 21 September 2022 |
The group proposes a plan to address the 153.5 million tonnes of EU food lost each year
IMECHE report waste hierarchy
Mechanical engineers urge ‘radical rethink’ of UK waste hierarchy
By
Alice Lang
| 6 September 2022 |
An update report calls for ‘Waste as a Resource’ approach to climate change mitigation
plastic waste on beach
New report deems Alliance to End Plastic Waste ‘sophisticated greenwashing’
By
Alice Lang
| 5 September 2022 |
Planet Tracker’s study observes missed negligible targets and poor investment
litter
Defra urges ‘targeted and proportionate’ litter enforcement from councils
By
Alice Lang
| 30 August 2022 |
The body warns of the impact on legitimacy as councils overuse penalties
green shoots in soil
UNEP calls for ‘targeted solutions’ to reducing microplastics in soils
By
Alice Lang
| 2 August 2022 |
Soil contamination threatens both food security and the wider environment, the body warns
Earth Overshoot day 2022
Earth Overshoot Day arrives just one day earlier than that of 2021
By
Alice Lang
| 28 July 2022 |
Ecuador calls for ‘concrete joint action’ as humanity continues to overstretch natural resources
Big Plastic Count posters
Greenpeace report claims ‘insurmountable’ obstacles to recycling
By
Emma Love
| 14 July 2022 |
Big Plastic Count estimates UK households throw out almost 100 billion items of plastic a year
University of Portsmouth logo
University of Portsmouth to host international plastics conference
By
Alice Lang
| 28 June 2022 |
‘Plastics Future 2022’ will take place November 2022 and host speakers from around the world 
baled plastic
ZWE publishes chemical recycling pledge
By
Amelia Kelly
| 17 May 2022 |
The paper calls for a ‘legislative framework based on precautionary principles, transparency, and social and environmental justice’ 
Incinerator
IPCC report calls for critical climate action to achieve 1.5C
By
Emma Love
| 6 April 2022 |
The body says that ‘all sectors’ have options to ‘at least halve emissions by 2030’
Houses of Parliament
Government aims to halve waste to landfill or incineration by 2042
By
Emma Love
| 17 March 2022 |
The proposed target will be measured against 2019 levels, estimated at 560kg per capita
Baled plastic bottles
UN nations agree to ‘historic’ plastic pollution treaty
By
Alice Lang
| 2 March 2022 |
The agreement aims to curb waste and forge a legally binding agreement by 2024
Collection of crumpled plastic bottles
Global plastic waste doubled in two decades, OECD report finds
By
Alice Lang
| 22 February 2022 |
The body urges international cooperation in an attempt to curb plastics consumption
smoke from chimney of waste incinerator
RMAS calls for ‘progressive carbon-based tax’ on waste incineration
By
Alice Lang
| 16 February 2022 |
The policy, the body asserts, would ‘incentivise efficiency and reduce carbon emissions’