a day ago 2 min P&G to launch refillable shampoo bottles in 2021 - 300m reduction in virgin plastic bottles Announced at the Reuters Responsible Business Summit today (22 October), the “good refill system” utilises reusable aluminium bottles as w...
3 days ago 2 min Swedish grocery Felix to price goods based on carbon footprint Felix, a Swedish food brand, has opened a climate-conscious store that will guide buyers to make informed decisions when purchasing food ...
3 days ago 2 min The world's first in-store recycling system is now installed at H&M in Stockholm To fight climate change, we need to change fashion. One way of doing this is circular solutions. If we use, for example, a recycled cotto...
Oct 16 2 min Morrisons and Waitrose ditch glitter on cards and plastic packaging for Christmas Morrisons and Waitrose have stripped glitter from Christmas cards and plast packaging in a bid to deliver a more eco-friendly festive sea...
Oct 15 2 min Ikea UK starts buy-back scheme for used furniture to discourage "excessive consumption" Ikea will start buying back customers' used furniture at stores across the UK and Ireland next month, in an effort to discourage "excessi...
Oct 14 2 min Microwaving plastic waste can generate clean hydrogen Chemists have used microwaves to convert plastic bags, milk bottles and other supermarket packaging into a clean source of hydrogen. Plas...
Oct 9 1 min Belgium uses giant 'vacuum cleaner' to remove millions of plastic particles from nature reserve Engineers have built a giant ‘vacuum cleaner’ to rid a Belgian nature reserve of millions of pieces of plastic litter too small to collec...
Oct 9 1 min German Lower House approves tax on greenhouse emissions for fuels, heating, gas starting 2021 Germany’s lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a tax on greenhouses gas emissions to be levied in stages from 2021, raising ret...
Oct 9 2 min Canada will ban single-use plastic items by the end of next year Under the newly-unveiled list of single-use plastics being banned in Canada, plastic grocery bags, straws, stir sticks, six-pack rings, c...
Oct 8 2 min No more plastic for Comic Relief’s Red Noses from 2021 While Comic Relief and Sainsbury’s had already been researching sustainable materials, the charity stepped up its plans after received hu...
