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Waste & resource management

The winning projects are aiming to minimise the 7.8 million coffee cups which are landfilled or incinerated in the UK every day. Image: Hubbub

#InTheLoop: Hubbub and Starbucks invest in circular economy for coffee cups

edie's Sustainability Leaders Awards 2020: Deadline next Friday

Businesses looking for the recognition they deserve have until next Friday to enter edie's 2020 Sustainability Leaders Awards, closing 27 Septemb...

The entry deadline is Friday 27 September 2019, with the Awards then taking place on the night of 5 February 2020 at the Park Plaza London, Westminster. 

PepsiCo's latest packaging commitment targets 35% reduction in plastic use by 2025

Global beverage firm PepsiCo has announced plans to reduce the use of virgin plastic across its portfolio by 35% by 2025, which will eliminate around ...

Lifewatr will be packaged in 100% recycled polyethene terephthalate (rPET) in the US. Image: PepsiCo
Selfridges believes the pop-up supports its vision of a department store being "=a social centre, not merely a place for shopping". Image: Selfridges 

Second-hand September: Selfridges hosts clothing resale pop-up
This weekly round-up details how businesses across the world are ramping up ambitions and actions across all areas of sustainable development 

TIME's climate issue and a Tesla double-whammy: The sustainability success stories of the week

Greenpeace had been campaigning for supermarkets such as Sainsbury's to introduce refillable packaging. Image: Sainsbury's 

Sainsbury's to launch refillable lines in bid to halve plastics packaging

Suntory pledges '100% sustainable' plastics packaging across Europe by 2030
The campaign group is calling on all football clubs to sign its ‘Plastic Pledge’

Poll: 84% of football fans want clubs to ditch single-use plastic
The findings act as a snapshot of the public's plastic-related wants and needs 

In numbers: The UK public's attitudes to plastics recycling

Asda pilots plastic-free innovation in fight against food waste

Exclusive: PwC to hit Mission Possible pledge target

Accountancy firm PwC has revealed to edie that it is only 1% off its Mission Possible target following extensive work on sustainable, healthy food opt...
Five other businesses have been granted water self-supply licences this year, but John Lewis & Partners would be the first retailer. Image: WaterScan

John Lewis applies for water self-supply licence in first for UK retail
Take a look through all of the month's most-read news stories, and click the links below to read them for yourself

Business climate strikes and a new Premier League season: Top 10 sustainability stories of August 2019