Tesco publishes its food waste data for the eighth year, revealing the supermarket and its international suppliers have cut 200,000 tonnes of food waste from their combined operations.

Global food waste report names the UK an exemplar in the growing challenge to hit Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, as Food Waste Reduction Roadmap exceeds 210 food businesses.

OPRL hopes to reduce confusion and inconsistency with its new recyclability certification scheme, ‘Certified As Recyclable’, in collaboration with RECOUP.

The UK should price emissions from waste disposal, including landfill and incineration, to help reach the country’s target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, according to a new white paper by the Zero Carbon Campaign.

64 per cent of UK residents would like to see manufacturers pay for recycling instead of local authorities, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by UK waste management company Viridor.

50 per cent of plastic used in Coca-Cola’s core portfolio in Great Britain is now recycled, but the company calls for better designed DRS in order to achieve an entirely circular recycling scheme.

This year, Recycle Week 2020 (21-27 September) will celebrate the British public’s commitment to recycling during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, with research showing that nearly nine in ten households ‘regularly recycle’.

Glass recycling company Recresco has decided to invest in three more air separation systems, produced by Impact Air Systems.

Dr Antonio Espingardeiro, IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers member, describes how robots and AI are revolutionising the recycling sector.

Supermarket chain Tesco will be collaborating with food sharing app OLIO to combat excess food waste and redistribute free meals throughout the UK.