Retailers

Man using smartphone app to use AI detection to claim a deposit on a returned paper coffee cup

AI app rewards paper cup recycling in Cardiff trial

The National Cup Recycling Scheme has launched an artificial intelligence powered paper cup recycling initiative in Cardiff that rewards consumers for recycling used cups. The three-month trial, which began today (22 April), uses image recognition technology to identify and verify cup returns at participating outlets.

SATCoL's Corporate Donations photoshoot

Retailers reduce clothes waste through SATCoL partnership programme

Collaboration allows brands to repurpose unwanted inventory of textiles, electronics and home goods to raise funds for charitable aims

Emma Atkins, food waste researcher at Bristol University

Food aid or a 'disposal channel'? Writing the Used By report

Emma Atkins explains how food charities are unfairly burdened with handling and disposing of unusable corporate food donations

Jay Flynn opening Emmaus Department Store

Homelessness charity opens second-hand department store

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| 3 April 2025 |

Emmaus Preston transforms a former Debenhams site into a sustainable reuse shop

Jeans with sewing equipment in pocket

London Textile Action Plan sets nine-point strategy for sustainable fashion

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| 2 April 2025 |

Cross-sector coalition unveils roadmap that outlines circular vision for capital’s £11 billion textile sector

Person using a sewing machine to sew fabrics

WRAP develops method for retailers to calculate footprint gain from textile repair and resale

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| 27 February 2025 |

New methodology aims to quantify environmental benefits from circular models like secondhand shopping and mending clothing reduce through their ‘displacement’ of new clothing production

Blister packs being deposited in Boots return box

Boots expands blister pack recycling scheme to 800 UK stores

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| 12 February 2025 |

Partnership with MYGroup follows successful pilot to allow customers to recycle complex mixed material

Beef mince in plastic packaging, surrounded by ingredients

Tesco pilots recycled PET food trays initiative

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| 6 February 2025 |

Klöckner Pentaplast partners with Tesco and Hilton Foods to launch recycled packaging initiative

Pile of assorted shoes

Fashion for Good launches footwear circularity initiative

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| 5 February 2025 |

Fashion and footwear brand collaboration aims to boost circularity through design innovation and infrastructure development

Borrow Cup

£1 deposit cup scheme launches across 40 Glasgow locations

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| 28 January 2025 |

Cross-brand initiative, Borrow Cup, aims to reduce 388 million annual disposable cups through reusable alternative

Washing machines in a warehouse

Online retailers required to pay fair share of e-waste recycling costs

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| 10 December 2024 |

Government announces plan to address longstanding disparity in WEEE regulations between traditional retailers and online marketplaces

Single use cups ina bin

Government scraps mandatory cup takeback scheme for retailers

By Resource |

6 December 2024 |

Defra cites £52 million cost and limited environmental impact as reasons for policy reversal

Tesco pasta in new paper packaging

Tesco’s switch to paper pasta packs to save 10M pieces of plastic yearly

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| 15 November 2024 |

Retailer set to transition own-brand product range to fully recyclable paper packaging as part of the brand’s 4R recycling strategy.

Mandatory cup takeback scheme will require transformation of recycling infrastructure

By Resource |

12 November 2024 |

Valpak report says waste sector should prepare collection systems for 3.2 billion disposable cups used annually

Coffee pods dropped off at a household waste recycling centre

Many happy returns: Podback shows how to build a specialist recycling system

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8 November 2024 |

Industry-backed coffee pod recycling initiative offers insights on how to tackle a niche waste stream

Fruit in packaging

FDF outlines Ambition 2030 sustainability strategy

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| 25 October 2024 |

Food and drink manufacturing sector to aim for net zero emissions, nature restoration, sustainable commodities, food waste reduction, and packaging recycling system

Line for the production of plastic PET bottles on the background of the worker. Preparation of containers for drinks and sunflower oil

False recycled content claims undermining UK plastic recycling system

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| 17 October 2024 |

RECOUP calls for urgent reforms to Plastic Packaging Tax enforcement

Woman placing a glass bottle in a deposit return scheme reverse vending machine

Defra Minister confirms glass will be excluded from DRS despite concerns

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| 11 October 2024 |

Mary Creagh's decision maintains previous Conservative Government policy, which campaigners argue ignores environmental and recycling quality issues

Volunteers working a food redistribution centre in London

Almost 200,000 tonnes of surplus food was redistributed in UK last year

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10 October 2024 |

WRAP data shows 15 per cent increase, enough to provide 456 million meals

Sian Sutherland, A Plastic Planet

Face the truth, plastic recycling is a chimera

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Sian Sutherland

| 4 October 2024 |

Sian Sutherland, Co-Founder of A Plastic Planet and Plastic Health Council, calls for corporate accountability in plastic use

Clothes on hangers

UK fashion industry pioneers innovative approach for a textiles EPR

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| 26 September 2024 |

Proposed variable fee system would deliver fairer, more effective incentives for managing environmental impact of clothing production

Laptop screen with words Open 3P Standard

Webinar: Unlocking the power of Open 3P for packaging data

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17 September 2024 |

Online event on how open standard can improve efficiency and transparency of packaging data

Customer recycling Podback bag in Costa store

Costa Coffee and Podback announce in-premises coffee pod recycling pilot

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| 4 September 2024 |

The coffee chain will offer recycling facilities for plastic and aluminium pods across 142 of its UK shops

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