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Hydrogen freight trains and Canada’s heat pump grants: The sustainability success stories of the week

Hydrogen freight trains and Canada’s heat pump grants: The sustainability success stories of the week

As part of our Mission Possible campaign, edie brings you this weekly round-up of five of the best sustainable business success stories of the week. In this week's edition, Canada's $500m grants for low-carbon home heating, and much more.

Waitrose installs first heat pumps, plans wider roll-out to replace gas boilers

123 Pledge: WRAP urges governments and businesses to embed food waste action in climate plans

British supermarkets reaffirm 2030 environmental pledge and vow supplier focus after supply chain emissions increase

Food giants investing ‘record amounts’ in plant-based protein, investor report reveals

TerraCycle CEO: Cost-of-living crisis presents new challenges for UK’s recycling and reuse movements

Lidl launches laundry refills as Walkers goes plastic-free for large crisp multipacks

Regenerative bread and knitwear to hit UK shelves

Tesco pulls forward target to halve food waste

Solar roofs for Irish schools as supermarkets slash packaging: The sustainability success stories of the week

Why supermarkets are removing best-before dates from packaging

Asda scraps best before dates on more than 200 fruit and veg lines

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and McDonald’s ‘responsible for 39% of UK’s branded packaging pollution’

Aldi to add biomethane HGVs to UK fleet as major new refuelling station opens

Tesco, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s back $11m initiative to tackle soy-led deforestation

Single-use plastic bag numbers down 97% in supermarkets since 2015

Tesco ends trials of refillable products through TerraCycle’s Loop platform

PepsiCo funnels funding into plastic recycling innovation projects

Tesco removes plastic wrapping from soft drinks multipacks

M&S bins off best before dates for fruit and vegetables in bid to cut food waste
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