Fashion retailers leading sustainability trend by trialling new business models
The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) and QSA Partners have today announced that they are working with a number…
Author: Andy Jessop
Parents left feeling trapped by pollution in UK cities
Fifty nine per cent of parents say they would move house to escape air pollution if they could afford it,…
Eleven billion items of packaging wasted by British workers every year
From sandwich boxes, to crisps and napkins, British workers’ ‘lunch on the go’ habit is generating 10.7 billion items of…
Success of ground-breaking recycling on-the-go trial sparks expansion into Scotland and Wales
Leeds By Example, the UK’s biggest collaborative drive to boost recycling of some of the most common food and drink…
New Drinking Fountains Prove a Success as Londoners Choose to Drink Water Sustainably
Data released today from the #OneLess campaign shows that public drinking fountains installed across London over the past year, as…
Drinks bottles labelled as biggest plastic pollutant
According to a report published by Earthwatch Europe and Plastic Oceans UK, plastic bottles are now the most common form…
Hotel Chocolat & Tesco embark on plastic recycling schemes
It has been announced this week that Hotel Chocolat, the only company in the UK to grow cocoa on its…
Boat made from plastic waste set to tackle plastic pollution in rivers and canals
Environmental charity Hubbub announced yesterday that it is to launch a new vessel in the battle to clean up plastic…
Hubbub announces plans for 100 UK Community Fridges by the end of 2020
The world’s first Community Fridge Network will double in size by the end of 2020 thanks to National Lottery funding, environmental…
SOCOTEC moves away from single-use plastic for analysis
SOCOTEC, the UK’s leading provider of testing, inspection and compliance services, is cutting down on its use of single-use plastic…