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Loose items will be priced by weight during the trial 

Groceries 'Unpacked': Waitrose pilots packaging-free refill offering

Calls for clean power and cheese-waste-powered heat: 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 sustainability success stories of the week from acr...

This weekly round-up details how businesses are ramping up their ambitions and actions across all areas of sustainable development 

Former National Grid boss Steve Holliday: We can't isolate oil & gas majors on path to net-zero

Former National Grid boss Steve Holliday urged greater business and policy action to involve oil and gas firms in the power sector's low-carbon transi...

Holliday will begin his presidency at The Energy Institute in July 
A number of eye-catching and potentially transformational innovations aimed at tackling dirty air have emerged since Clean Air Day 2018 

Bio-solar 'leaves' and electric ice cream vans: The best green innovations for Clean Air Day
Pictured: The recycling room at Download festival 

Co-op to host reverse vending machines for plastic bottles at UK festivals
From small beginnings in a handful of independent shops in 2017, Refill has grown into a national campaign. Image: City to Sea/23red 

National Refill Day: How businesses are uniting against single-use plastic water bottles
The UK's EV stock is currently expanding at a far faster rate than its charing infrastructure 

'Flagship' EV charging hubs to spark 'electric revolution' in London
The EAC's recommendations were developed during a six-month inquiry that heard from businesses, green groups and academics 

Government rejects mandatory environmental targets for big-name fashion brands
One-third of the single-use plastic items found in the street sampled for the BBC show were for bathroom products 

War on Plastic with Hugh and Anita: How are companies tackling plastics in the bathroom?

Switzerland topped the league table for sustainable business. Pictured: Schweizer Zucker's Aarberg sugar factory 

KPMG: European firms leading global drive for sustainable business
Benedict Orchard (centre-right) and Richard Carter (centre left) collecting the Water Management Award at edie's Sustainability Leaders Awards 2019

Major shake-up for Adnams' award-winning sustainability team

EXCLUSIVE: Suffolk-based Brewer Adnams has lost its two-strong sustainability team, with environmental sustainability manager Benedict Orchard set to ...
Fujitsu is the fourth-largest IT services provider in the world 

Fujitsu to phase out plastic cups, straws, bottles and bags
During a trip to Malaysia, Fearnley-Whittingstall found numerous pieces of plastic pollution which originated in UK supermarkets. Image: BBCBBC/KEO Films/Tom Beard 

War on Plastic with Hugh and Anita: Supermarkets brace for further backlash on packaging