Food firms warn government plan to make them pay for litter picking and waste disposal will increase household meal bills by £125 a year Ministers are consulting on the plan to reduce litter and increase recycling Firms would have to pay for cost of disposing the packaging they produce Food and Drink Federation claimed the … Read more
Biffa Waste Services is convicted of illegally exporting more than 1,000 tonnes of household waste including soiled nappies and hairpieces and labelling it as paper then dumping it in Asia Biffa Waste Services convicted sending more than 1,000 tonnes of waste to Asia Investigation stopped sixteen 25-tonne containers travelling from Southampton Wood Green Crown Court … Read more
In a world where the urgent need to tackle climate change is clear, it is a shocking fact that 40 per cent of all the food grown on our planet goes uneaten. More than four million square kilometres of land – roughly equivalent to the land mass of the Indian subcontinent – is used to … Read more
Dozens of Britain’s biggest supermarkets, restaurants and food manufacturers have pledged to slash their food waste by 30 per cent as part of a landmark environmental agreement, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. In a major boost for this newspaper’s War On Food Waste campaign, 47 of the country’s leading food companies have vowed to ramp … Read more
Record number of households spending £265 a year on subscriptions they do not even use, according to research by Compare The Market By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2021 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 19 June 2021 A record number of households are spending £265 a year on subscriptions for … Read more
Just 20 firms produce 55 per cent of ‘throwaway’ single-use plastic that ends up as waste worldwide, a new report reveals. Texan oil company ExxonMobil tops the list of polymer producers generating single-use plastic waste, having contributed 5.9 million metric tonnes in 2019 – equivalent to the weight of 5,700 blue whales. ExxonMobil was closely followed … Read more
The future of recycling? Scientists develop a method to convert waste plastics into JET FUEL in less than an hour Washington State University experts are looking to commercialise their method It converts polyethylene to jet fuel and other valuable hydrocarbon products Polyethylene, used in plastic bottles, is the most widely used plastic in the world … Read more
Plastic from British supermarkets is being illegally dumped and burned on Turkish roadsides, it has been claimed. Waste from major chains including Tesco, Aldi and M&S is among rubbish strewn across Turkey’s Adana province, according to an investigation by Greenpeace. The UK exports more than 500,000 tons of plastic waste every year – enough to fill … Read more
Plastic from British supermarkets is being illegally dumped and burned on Turkish roadsides, it has been claimed. Waste from major chains including Tesco, Aldi and M&S is among rubbish strewn across Turkey’s Adana province, according to an investigation by Greenpeace. The UK exports more than 500,000 tons of plastic waste every year – enough to fill … Read more
End to recycling postcode lottery! Government reveals plans for weekly food waste collections across England from 2023 Every English home will receive easier and more consistent recycling collections This includes the rollout of weekly food waste collections to avoid smelly buildup Ministers are also considering free garden waste collection for every home By Jonathan Chadwick … Read more