All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 238
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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
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat's to be done about coffee cup recycling?
With recycling facilities so limited, retailers may hold the solution
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NewsLincolnshire Co-op installs power-saving technology at 25 sites
Powerstar trialled voltage optimisation units in four Lincolnshire Co-op food stores last year
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NewsWaitrose takes lead on coffee cup recycling
Waitrose is looking for a cup that will be recyclable with all other mixed recycling across Waitrose stores
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NewsCo-op turns delivery packaging into bags for life
The Co-op is boosting its sustainability credentials by making its bags for life from delivery packaging
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NewsWill Aldi and Lidl stumble without the cosseting factor?
Sir, Maybe Aldi and Lidl would do well to consider ‘nudges’ in the manner of Waterstones
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NewsRiverford picks up six tonnes of 'unsuitable' lemons
The lemons were deemed “unsuitable to meet retailer specification based on appearance”
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NewsOrigin Green ambassadors land placements with UK food companies
Ambassadors will be tasked with promoting Origin Green sustainability programme in UK
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NewsPlastic bag use slashed by billions since 5p charge
Environment minister Thérèse Coffey hails £29m being donated to charity and good causes
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Comment & OpinionWill consumers remain invested in wonky veg?
Supermarkets didn’t set out to create food waste. And consumers haven’t always been as fussy as they have become
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Comment & OpinionHugh's War on Waste uncovers more picky supermarkets
Would anyone object to seeing any of the supermarket chief executives pelted with wet cauliflower?
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Comment & OpinionLouis Theroux and Ellie Goulding help with food waste issue
The Grocer’s anti-food waste campaign is bang on trend on Twitter