Lucozade Ribena Suntory has unveiled its plans for all of its plastic bottles to be made from recycled plastic or bio-sourced materials by 2030.

Scottish businesses have been at the forefront of the circular economy in recent years, and Ogilvy Spirits has been particularly innovative in this regard, turning waste potatoes into vodka, as Imogen Benson reports.

Californian fruit preservation company Apeel Sciences has announced that it is trialling its edible fruit coating technology in Asda, to reduce the amount of fruit and vegetables thrown away.

Ennomotive has launched an engineering competition to find new ways of reprocessing waste mining materials into glass.

With the help of online reuse platform Warp It, the Royal Free London has saved £242,681 in 19 months, winning the Reuse category of the NHS Sustainability Awards.

Birmingham University has launched a pilot to recover rare earth metals from gadgets, with the help of EU Horizon 2020 funding.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced new joint business and government investment in R&D around new forms of packaging made from plants, wood chippings and food waste.

UK food technology company It’s Fresh! has signed an agreement with the Ecuadorian banana association, ACORBANEC, to increase the use of its innovative technology which prolongs the green life of bananas.

The ‘YES!’ snack bar range by food and drink multinational Nestlé will be the first of its kind to be wrapped in recyclable paper packaging.

Research has established that Novamont’s compostable bioplastic Mater-Bi is fully biodegradable in the marine environment within four to 12 months.