Food preservation company Apeel Sciences has announced that its avocados are now on sale in Germany and Denmark.

The European Bioplastics annual market data update has confirmed that the bioplastics industry is set to grow over the next five years, though production levels pale in comparison to those of primary plastic production.

England’s ‘waste from households’ recycling rate has risen by 0.3 per cent to 45.1 per cent in 2018/19, according to Defra’s latest stats.

ADBA has confirmed that Chris Stark, CEO of the UK Committee on Climate Change, will join the line-up of keynote speakers at the ADBA National Conference.

City to Sea has announced that the Refill movement, which encourages people to use a refillable water bottle, is launching a new pilot with retailers including Costa Coffee, Morrisons and LEON that will show consumers where they can refill their coffee cups and lunch boxes.

The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has published its latest Retail Survey, revealing the progress made by supermarkets in improving food labelling and packaging.

Food waste app Too Good To Go, which links customers with surplus restaurant food, is now operating in 100 Costa Coffee stores across the UK.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Winnow, Collard Group, Novamont, ACE and WasteCare.

Sadie Westwood, Business Director at creative agency 23red, discusses how communications campaigns should make use of nudges and targeted messaging to encourage people to waste less food.

Food waste fighting app Too Good To Go has announced that it has helped save one million meals from waste nationwide, preventing an estimated 2,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions.