Simple steps like charges and environmental messaging could reduce the use of disposable coffee cups by 50 to 300 million per year, according to new research.

Following updated guidance suggesting black plastic be added to ‘not recycled’ lists, the BBC magazine programme has taken a look at the difficulty in sorting such plastic trays, as well as a potential solution.

‘Packaging for people, planet and profit’ is intended to ‘support businesses in considering packaging as part of the total product system for delivering products from point of production to point of consumption’.

A new CIWM report examines how advances in digital technology are changing how we consume and what impact that has on waste production and resource efficiency.

Businesses could save an equivalent of $14 for every $1 spent on reducing food waste, according to the latest report from global food waste coalition Champions 12.3 [https://champions123.org/].

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The impact of disposable drinks packaging on the environment is to be investigated by MPs after the growth of high profile campaigns against takeaway coffee cups and plastic bottles.

Hubbub has partnered with Mothercare to redistribute used baby clothes after research found that 183 million items of outgrown children’s clothing are being stored in UK homes.

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MP Mary Creagh, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, has been named as the winner of this year’s Resource Hot 100.