Sustainability & environment news and analysis – Page 239
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NewsMicrobeads ban will bring hike in costs say suppliers
Ban will create a level playing field for industry and stop new products from being sold in the UK, says Defra
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NewsCo-op backs Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan
The Co-op says PIRAP sets it new targets as it pushes on with existing initiatives
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Comment & OpinionLet's create a zero food waste Britain
Much progress has already been made, but it’s time to be even more ambitious, says Unilever’s Gina Boswell
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Comment & OpinionDemand Response can make electricity use even more efficient
For retailers to really be ready for a low-carbon and digital economy, there are still changes that can be made
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NewsWrap launches initiative to reduce food waste in London
The campaign aims for joined-up thinking on food waste, recycling and healthy eating
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NewsPlastic microbeads to be banned from personal care products
Ban will create a level playing field for industry and stop new products from being sold in the UK, says Defra
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NewsSainsbury's to hand out 1 million free fridge thermometers
Sainsbury’s is set to give away one million fridge thermometers
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s 29p veg is a savvy move against discounters and food waste
Instead of suppliers being faced with tonnes of wasted products, Tesco decided to lower prices
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NewsCo-op launches new food redistribution pilot
If trial is successful it could be rolled out nationwide
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Comment & OpinionReturn of the never-ending argument: the badger cull is back
Badger culling – that most inflammatory of topics – is back on the agenda this week
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NewsFood businesses ahead of Environment Agency recycling targets
Food producers and manufacturers will have an overall lower cost of complying with UK packaging regulations this year
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NewsMicrobeads: MPs call for 'urgent' ban on use in cosmetics
About 86 tonnes of microplastics released into environment every year from facial exfoliants alone, Committee says
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NewsWaitrose brings back MSC-accredited canned mackerel
Tins sold under the Essential Waitrose own-label range carrying the MSC eco-label started rolling out into stores this week
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NewsWaitrose adds 20 carbon-busting 'boat-tail' lorry trailers
The new design contributes to an annual 7,000-tonne reduction in carbon emissions per lorry
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Comment & OpinionSoho chefs are right to raise the profile of packaging waste
Ed Baines one of a number of high-profile chefs to campaign on the issue A call to end ‘the scourge of Soho’ landed on London mayor Sadiq Khan’s doormat yesterday. Signed by five influential signatories, the stirring prose demanded a ban on the ‘unsightly’ and ‘damaging’ blight ...
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NewsAverage household bins a month's worth of food every year
Amost half of Brits keep bread in the fridge even though this speeds up the growth of mould
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NewsEdible packaging made from milk hailed as food waste breakthrough
New packaging technology could be on market in three years claim USDA scientists
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Comment & OpinionRecalls don't have to mean waste
In the last year alone there have been more than 100 product recalls as a result of food not being correctly labelled
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NewsMeat freezing advice 'misleading' consumers, claims survey
Retailers encouraged to explain that length of freezing relates to product quality rather than food safety
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NewsWaitrose shows cash is no longer king
According to the latest reports from Payments UK, use of card outstripped cash for the first time in 2015