Sustainability & environment news and analysis – Page 278
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Analysis & FeaturesAs Britain dries out, is water rising up supplier agendas?
With the public now facing a hosepipe ban, is the food and drink industry tackling its water use or does some complacency linger?
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NewsThe Co-op wins race for tinted milk bottle tops
The Co-op has completed the roll-out of tinted tops across its milk bottles, helping to produce an extra 4,500 tonnes of recyclable plastic every year.
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NewsMackie’s eyes slurry biofuel switch
Ice cream maker Mackie’s of Scotland is hoping to secure a sustainable business scoop by transforming the slurry from its 400 strong herd of cows into biofuel to help power its Aberdeenshire plant.
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Analysis & FeaturesRain piles pressure on crisp bread prices
Crisp bread makers are feeling the crunch from an acute shortage of rye…
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Comment & Opinion
Your favourite coffee could be under threat
How many British consumers realise that supply of Colombia’s famous Arabica coffee is at risk from climate change?
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Comment & Opinion
Unilever's Cool move
Unilever has, yet again, impressed me with its environmental concerns and drive for consistency across the sector.
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NewsLincolnshire Poacher behind 'solar cheese'
Waitrose and Sainsbury’s are now selling solarpowered cheese, after the Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese…
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NewsMackerel exports threatened as fishermen lose MSC status
The suspension of MSC status for 21 Scottish boats sourcing North East Atlantic mackerel will have a damaging impact…
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NewsMorrisons gambles on GM chicken feed shift
Morrisons is “moving in the wrong direction” and “making a big mistake” after authorising the use of GM feed by its poultry farmers
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NewsCarbon cost of 'sustainable' pole and line tuna revealed
Tuna caught by pole and line has a carbon footprint over four times higher than tuna caught…
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Comment & Opinion
Stop the consulting and act!
Defra is consulting about its Green Food Project. This is bizarre given it has supposedly championed ‘greening’ the food system since 2001.
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NewsWrap hits back at MP’s food waste broadside
Wrap has defended the food industry’s efforts to reduce waste, after retailers and manufacturers were accused of making only slow progress on waste reduction in the House of Commons yesterday.
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MPs to debate food waste bill
Food waste is set to move up the political agenda later this week, when MPs will debate a new bill which would force supermarkets and manufacturers to donate surplus foods to charities.
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Sustainability in fish backed by Waitrose
Waitrose has been unveuiled as a sponsor of this year’s World Fisheries Congress in Edinburgh.
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NewsFears of cartel action stymie eco-alliances
Supermarkets are deliberately holding back on collaborative eco-projects for fear of being accused of cartel forming or price fixing - and hauled into court and fined.
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NewsRed Bull’s tin man has the planet at heart
A tin man made of recycled cans may not do as much for PR as Sebastian Vettel standing on the Formula 1 podium but when it comes to helping the planet, this symbol of a Red Bull-backed eco programme is still proving a winner.
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Analysis & FeaturesFishy business? Or are UK practices now shipshape?
The revelations about illegal catches in Scotland in 2002-2005 have caused alarm, but such activities may well be long gone.
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Comment & Opinion
Waitrose lorry fines under fire
Your article ‘Suppliers: fines from Waitrose are an abuse’ really touched a raw nerve.
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Analysis & FeaturesSmarter ideas about water usage need to start flowing
How are farmers coping with the devastating drought that has hit many parts of Britain?
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Analysis & FeaturesLovely grub? You'd better believe it
With the global population exploding, we should think seriously about swapping our egg sarnies for ant egg sarnies, says a leading food futurologist.