Ecological cleaning brand Ecover is set to develop a new kind of sustainable packing – plastic made from 100% sugarcane, plastic from the sea and post-consumer...
Waste is and has always been inevitable problem facing all manufacturers in the UK. Companies are often overwhelmed by the complex situation of finding the best...
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced that World Environment Day 2013, whose theme is “Think. Eat. Save. Reduce your Footprint”, will be hosted by Mongolia....
A report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) last month uncovered some shocking statistics into global food waste, claiming that between 30-50% of food produced...
Last week’s report on global food waste highlights a key opportunity to improving both current and future global food security, writes Paul West of the University of...
A new report has outlined how between 30-50% of food produced around the world annually “never reaches a human stomach”. The study, by the Institution of...
Students across the country have been tasked with producing a short film that dispels many of the myths surrounding the recycling of drinks cans. Sponsored by...
Joanna Keeton explores the increasing popularity of eco fashion and some of the well-known faces championing the cause in order to take it to the next...
Eight clean technology companies from the UK have been recognised in the fourth annual Global Cleantech 100 – a list that brings together and lauds the most...
Four members of the University of Minnesota’s Centre for Sustainable Polymers write about how making sustainable plastics is not just a pipedream. Polymers are the giant...
Beyond the religious celebrations, Easter brings much joy for kids, young and old—usually in the form of large hollow chocolate eggs at great expense to parents,...
Every year, the UK is throwing away hundreds of millions of pounds in precious metals found in everyday items, to address the wastage the Government has...
A drinks can recycling programme for people ‘on the go’, has revealed that in 2011 it collected 51 million used cans that otherwise may not have...
Instead of hoarding your old mobile phone or, worse, trashing it, there are an increasing number of attractive recycling options. It may seem like too much...
People in the UK are throwing away £762m a year when they decide to throw away old gadgets rather than recycling them. Charlotte Reid has more....