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Solar league table: Britain’s top solar-powered constituencies revealed

Andrew Lansley is top of the class, Justine Greening is bottom, and Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey is lagging behind in a new 'league table' and interactive map of constituencies and solar power.

Nikwax: Using green chemistry to stand out from the crowd

Winning the Queen's Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development is no easy task. But for Nikwax, it was deserved recognition. From harvesting rainwater to adopting a stringent restricted chemicals policy, the waterproofing and aftercare manufacturer is leading the way as a truly 'sustainable' business.

Pickles accused of picking on solar sector

The UK's solar farm industry has been dealt another blow following an intervention by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and the reported scrapping of two major solar projects in Suffolk.

VIDEO: WRAP chief issues stark warning to businesses over pursuing ‘throwaway linear models’

EXCLUSIVE The "throwaway linear economic model" that businesses currently subscribe to will become a millstone around the necks of firms if they do not quickly adopt a circular approach, WRAP chief executive Liz Goodwin has warned. Scroll down for full video

McVitie’s unveils ‘Wrappers to Riches’ recycling competition

Recycling specialist TerraCycle and McVitie's have launched a new recycling fundraising competition which encourages people across the UK to collect and send in waste biscuit wrappers, otherwise destined for landfill, to be recycled into new products.

Colgate squeezes out water use during manufacture

Colgate-Palmolive has developed a system to help identify and share best practice on water reduction throughout all of its global manufacturing sites.

Nestlé yields 60% factory water savings by tweaking production process

Nestle has reduced water use in one of its factories by almost two thirds in less than 12 months due to a combination of new technology and employee awareness training.

Crayola goes back to the classroom to close ‘pen to fuel’ loop

Crayola is working with schools in the US on a closed loop recovery scheme to recover its used plastic marker pens and convert them into renewable energy.

Convicts to fix old gardening tools in B&Q trade-in scheme

B&Q is launching a tool trade-in scheme this week, which will see local prisoners refurbish broken or old gardening tools.

Can cradle-to-cradle go global?: Interview with Walter Stahel

He invented the phrase 'cradle-to-cradle' and is widely regarded as one of the world's most eminent thinkers on the circular economy. Walter Stahel gives an insightful appraisal of this highly aspirational concept to Daan Elffers

Nestlé builds on Buxton bottle recycling with educational pilot

Nestlé Waters is set to expand its Buxton Natural Mineral Water bottle recycling scheme in the Derbyshire town where it produces the bottled products.

London schools to benefit from interest free energy efficiency loans

Schools in London could save £32m and cut carbon emissions by more than 125,000 tonnes over the next ten years under a new scheme, launched today by the Mayor Boris Johnson.

Going for gold with cradle-to-cradle: Interview with Bridgett Luther

The cradle-to-cradle concept is now hugely influential in terms of sustainable product design. Bridgett Luther, president of the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, tells Daan Elffers how this agenda is shaping up

Unilever: it’s time to challenge our value chain on sustainable sourcing

Unilever's chief procurement officer Marc Engel has promised to be "relentless" in driving the company's efforts to reach its goal of sourcing 100% of raw materials sustainably by 2020.

Consumers set to cash in as Scotland pilots recycling incentives

Scotland's first recycling incentive schemes have been launched, offering consumers cash back for certain types of packaging materials.

Overhaul of CRC could save businesses £272m

The Government is to simplify the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC), claiming the move could save participating businesses £272m in administrative costs up to 2030.

Schools could save £70m through energy efficiency measures

Implementing energy efficiency measures could help schools dramatically cut their £500m annual fuel bill, according to Carbon Trust.

Big business must restore public faith through sustainability

Only 24% of the population think large companies have a positive effect on their local community and environment, with 26% believing they have a negative effect, according to a recent poll.

Raymond Blanc praises sustainable restaurant winner

Celebrity chef Raymond Blanc has applauded The Pig restaurant for being named sustainable restaurant of the year at the National Restaurant Awards (NRA).

Woking Council targets schools for food waste drive

Woking Borough Council has extended its dedicated food waste service for flats to the majority of its schools in a bid to increase overall recycling rates.
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