Waste campaigners urge supermarkets to scrap use by dates
By eliminating Use By dates on dairy products retailers could reduce an estimated 350,000 tonnes of avoidable household waste per…
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Landfill waste increased in 2015 suggests Environmental Agency data
According to data released by the Environmental Agency (EA) the amount of waste being sent to landfill in England increased…
Waste goals unaffected by Brexit says Andrea Leadsom
Environmental secretary Andrea Leadsom, in addressing members of the Environmental Audit Committee, has stated that the UK’s environmental ambitions in…
Illegal waste operators costing UK £1 billion a year
The amount of illegal waste sites being discovered is on the rise according to the Environmental Agency, costing the UK…
France bans plastic cutlery in bid to cut plastic pollution
Coming into effect in 2020, France has passed a major ban on plastic cups and cutlery. The country has rolled…
Ninety NGOs launch plastic waste reduction initiative
A ground-breaking global vision for a future free from plastic pollution by a network of 90 non-governmental organisations was announced…
WRAP launches food waste initiative in the capital
A new behaviour initiative to prevent food waste has been launched by WRAP and Resource London that could save Londoners…
Shirley Rodrigues appointed Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy in London
New London mayor Sadiq Kahn has announced that the acting executive director for climate change at the Children’s Investment Fund…
World’s greenest companies named in report
A report published yesterday by the newly established Clean200 has listed the largest publicly quoted companies worldwide by their total…
Italy introduces measures to reduce food waste
A bill backed by 181 Senators aims to cut one million tonnes of food waste from the estimated five million…