Independent think thank Green Alliance has published a collection of short essays from business and policy professionals saying the government must go ‘much further’ to embed resource efficiency in the UK economy.

Workers in the City of London are being urged to use brand new coffee cup recycling points springing up across the area as Hubbub’s ‘Square Mile Challenge’ aims to recycle half a million cups in April.

Six materials, including a bioplastic composite paper, a wetsuit made from natural rubber, and packaging made from up-cycled agricultural residuals have been announced as the finalists for Bio-Based Material of the Year 2017.

Simple steps like charges and environmental messaging could reduce the use of disposable coffee cups by 50 to 300 million per year, according to new research.

Veolia has agreed a long-term contract to provide recycled glass to Knauf Insulation, which will be processed at a new £10-million facility.

WRAP has developed its second regional partnership, this time with the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, in an effort to increase recycling and waste prevention in the conurbation.

LWARB has announced a new business plan that will see the creation of a London ‘Flats Taskforce’ to help residents living in blocks of flats recycle more using bespoke interventions.

The European Parliament has voted to take on proposals to raise the European recycling target to 70 per cent by 2030 and to determine a single calculation method for recycling rates ahead of negotiations for the EU’s Circular Economy Package.

EXCLUSIVE: Resource and Eunomia Research & Consulting team up to examine how recycling rates are calculated around the world, and determine who’s actually recycling the most.

‘Packaging for people, planet and profit’ is intended to ‘support businesses in considering packaging as part of the total product system for delivering products from point of production to point of consumption’.