Coca-Cola Enterprises and Tesco launch ‘Pledge, Play and Recycle’ campaign to encourage customers to recycle more.

Government has backed a new industry partnership campaign, Pledge 4 Plastics, which aims to increase the collection of plastic packaging for recycling.

Sixty-five billion PET plastic bottles were recycled in Europe in 2013, according to Petcore Europe.

A year after a Chinese lantern started a waste fire, a code of practice has been launched to ‘minimise risk’.

The British Plastics Federation Recycling Group calls for packaging recovery note targets to favour domestic recycling.

Coatings company AkzoNobel has created the ‘world’s first’ fully compostable and recyclable paper cup for cold drinks.

A new paper product, DuraPulp, has been developed by James Cropper Plc and Södra as a ‘sustainable alternative’ to plastic.

M&S and Sainsbury’s are set to trial new black CPET trays to increase recycling rates.

A third of two million tonnes of wasted food is thrown out because it has passed its date label.

A third of two million tonnes of wasted food is thrown out because it has passed its date label.