Recycling

Used plastic, glass, and canned drinks containers are found on beaches in far lower proportions in countries where recycling deposit return schemes are in operation

Ban on sale and supply of single-use vapes comes into force on Sunday 1 June in bid to halt 'avalanche of rubbish flooding the nation's streets'

Report by Bain & Company calls on plastic firms to adapt quickly to secure leadership positions as chemical recycling market ramps up

Edita Adamcikova, ESG director at Viridor, the UK's largest operator of energy from waste facilities, unpacks the business, political, and societal complexities of building a net zero strategy ahead of the 2025 UK Green Business Awards

Berlin and Paris-based AI start-up secures boost for its vision to curb supermarket food waste caused by quality variation, short shelf lives, and over-ordering

The road to a circular economy requires leadership, innovation and collaboration, according to UK Green Business Awards 2025 sponsor Viridor

FSC-certified packaging can be recycled alongside paper and card at home, and is suitable for cooking in both microwaves and standard ovens

New Lucozade bottle design set to save 956 tonnes of plastic a year, drinks giant claims

New report argues reuse, not recycling, is the most effective solution towards the global plastic crisis, but warns the huge potential of re-use models is being systematically ignored

Report calls for stronger regional and international collaboration to tackle global waste mountain