Campaign launched to curb Halloween pumpkin food waste
Every year over 15 million pumpkins are carved and not eaten in the UK, contributing to the seven million tonnes…
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Interview with Gavin Ellis from the #1MoreShot project
Yesterday we reported on giant coffee bins that have been placed on Oxford Road in Manchester as part of the #1MoreShot…
UK’s coffee cups to take 30 years to degrade
Scientists have warned that almost none of the five billion paper cups thrown away are recycled, and that the ones…
Coca-Cola HBC pledges to clean up waste and recycle targets
Leading Coca-Cola bottling company, Coca Cola HBC unveiled a range of sustainability goals last week. The targets, based on the…
UK’s first food waste supermarket opens in Leeds
Located on the Grangefield Industrial Estate in Pudsey, the UK’s first food waste supermarket has opened. With food donated by…
Labour plans on all councils to collect food waste
Shadow Environment Secretary, Rachael Maskell, has called for legislation to force councils to collect food waste according to an exclusive…
Bio waste: scientists develop method to convert energy from fish scales
Scientists in India have developed a way for raw fish scales to be recycled into an energy harvester for electronics.…
Brits not ashamed to waste food study finds
A new study by Sainsbury’s has found that only 3 per cent of UK households think that there is a…
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…
Over 300,000 tonnes of recycling being diverted to landfill sites
After submitting a freedom of information (FOI) request, the BBC has learned that 338,000 tonnes of recyclable material in 2013/14…