Pennon Group subsidiary has published its 2019 Sustainability Report, outlining the company’s plans for development in plastics, biodiversity and sustainable finance.

Multinational company Unilever has announced its intention to halve its use of virgin plastic by 2025.

Waste management company Biffa has launched ‘Skoup’, a new ‘pay-as-you-throw’ collection brand allowing consumers and small businesses to book ad-hoc waste collection.

Pret a Manger has launched its in-store coffee cup recycling scheme in over 350 of its UK shops.

Plastic film manufacturer DuPont Teijin Films has gained industry recognition at the 2019 Plastics Industry Awards, which is sponsored by RECOUP.

Food waste fighting app Too Good To Go has announced that it has helped save one million meals from waste nationwide, preventing an estimated 2,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions.

Agriculture, Plastic and Environment UK (APE UK) has launched a national collection scheme for non-packaging agricultural plastics.

Welsh technology firm, Pennotec, is developing ways to divert food waste from landfill, transforming seafood shells into water purification products.

A new report from Zero Waste Scotland suggests that selling disposable coffee cups separately encourages more consumers to make the switch to a keep cup than offering discounts for reusable cups.

Viridor is teaming up with Grundon Waste Limited to open up a new Energy Recovery Facility in Ford, West Sussex, with capacity to process up to 200,000 tonnes of residual waste a year.