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Pret wants consumers to provide feedback on the initiative, which offers two sizes of reusable glass bottles

Pret A Manger trials plastic bottle alternatives across select stores

Tesco stocks green satsumas in drive to reduce food waste

Tesco has started selling "green" satsumas and clementines after relaxing its quality specifications in its latest attempt to reduce food wa...

Satsumas and other easy-peelers, as well as oranges, initially grow as a green fruit but turn orange as nights cool

EU packaging single market erosion risks opening 'Pandora's Box' of national regulations

Ahead of negotiations to finalise the revision of EU packaging waste legislation, the European packaging industry is calling for the free movement of ...

Internal market protections prevent the need for national reduction quotas or national bans for certain packaging types, actions which industry figures say would create trade barriers in the EU
The report highlights a lack of urgency in tackling global e-waste volumes, which are expected to surpass 65 million metric tonnes this year

Greenpeace: Tech giants neglecting environmental responsibility

The food and agriculture industry loses an estimated €60bn annually, and in Europe alone, more than 250 million tonnes of food is wasted each year

Rabobank launches $1bn programme for food production practices
Around half of the UK’s food waste total - around 7.3 million tonnes - derives from the home

How can we exploit new methods to tackle consumer food waste in a digital age?
The suits will be made with wool that M&S customers have donated through the retailer’s Shwopping clothes recycling scheme with Oxfam

New M&S menswear suit crafted with recycled wool
Office of Budgetary Responsibility (OBR) economic forecasts are set to reveal that productivity growth has been far worse than expected

Business coalition calls for resource efficiency drive to boost weak UK productivity
From the start of next year, all ACE UK recycling banks will accept paper cups for recycling

Starbucks and McDonald's among members of new paper cup recycling deal

Nearly eight million metric tonnes of plastic packaging weight – equivalent to the weight of 2,000 Eiffel Towers – ends up in the oceans each year

Plastic packaging: Are producers ready for their 'diesel moment'?
The partnership could help to significantly reduce the 650,000 plastic bottled drinks used at University of Reading’s campus each year

Smart Coca-Cola dispensers to help university students slash soft drinks packaging

Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has teamed up with the University of Reading to hand out micro-chipped refillable drinks bottles to students to sup...
Evidence submitted will be examined by the Government’s working group which includes corporate giants such as Coca-Cola and Tesco

Michael Gove seeks evidence on plastic bottle deposit scheme
The UK’s battery collection rate for 2016 was 44.95%, just below a collection rate target of 45%, in line with the EU's Batteries Directive

Campaign launched to help Brits stop hoarding used batteries

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