Sainsbury’s has become the ‘first UK retailer’ to recycle old food crates into ones made from 100 per cent recycled material.

French supermarket chain Intermarché sells ‘ugly’ fruit and vegetables at a discounted rate to reduce waste.

Sainsbury’s Cannock store has become the ‘UK’s first supermarket’ to run on power generated solely from food waste.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including: GPS Group, Isys Interactive Systems and Simply Cups.

The amount of single-use plastic bags used by UK supermarket customers in 2013 rose by 3.2 per cent, finds WRAP.

WRAP has launched the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sustainability Action Plan in a bid to improve the efficiency of electrical products.

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

Coca-Cola Enterprises is re-launching its ‘Happiness Recycling’ scheme at festivals to ‘bring recycling to life’.

Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s launches new food waste reduction tool, Food Rescue, developed in partnership with Google.

The Environment Agency has published updated packaging export recovery note guidance, to crack down on waste contamination.