Waste

Attempts to deliver new global plastics treaty blocked by small group of petrostates, forcing negotiations to be extended into next year

Sustainability leaders also acknowledge the need to rethink globalisation

The world cannot afford to waste this week's UN negotiations in Busan, writes DS Smith's group chief executive Miles Roberts

With just days to go until the curtain comes down on the fifth and final scheduled round of talks t try and deliver a legally-binding plastics pollution treaty, observers warn of scant sign of progress on key dividing lines

Company says customers will be able to easily return packaging using Royal Mail post boxes, helping to slash waste and carbon emissions in the process

We need to start thinking about reusable and refillable packaging as an engineering problem from the perspective of the user, rather than the supplier, writes Hubbub CEO Alex Robinson

Steve Fletcher from the University of Portsmouth sets out what's at stake as final negotiations aimed at brokering a landmark global treaty to end plastic pollution kick off this week in Korea

Tech conglomerate Cisco, equipment maker, John Deere and food and beverage company PepsiCo stand out, new report claims

The 'X Moonshot for Circularity' initiative seeks to yield value from more than plastic

Green Alliance urges new Labour government to learn from past mistakes when delivering a new long-term strategy for waste, recycling, and resources