Government presses on with plans to charge for waste disposal
The government is to press ahead with pilot schemes to charge for waste disposal and reward recycling,...
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Environment
Government defends Wrap budget cut
The government has defended its decision to cut the budget of Wrap, the body charged with reducing packaging, on the grounds that established schemes had less need for subsidy.
Other Environment
Sainsbury's to halve use of plastic bags as sales rise again
Sainsbury's said it wants to halve use of free plastic bags by April 2009, as it reported like-for-like...
Morrisons CSR programme to focus on packs and bags
Morrisons, the supermarket group, is to give away 10 million reuseable plastic bags as part of a corporate...
Dell acts on packaging after criticism
Dell, the global computer company, is examining its packaging with suppliers after coming under fire...
Greenstar opens redeveloped recycling facility
Greenstar, Ireland's largest waste management company, opened its EUR20m (£16m) redeveloped materials...
Searle slates waste guide's 'childish' pack reduction claims
Packaging Federation chief Dick Searle has slammed a new guide to tackling food waste as "incredibly...
In Depth
The paper chain’s custody battle
While the environmental debate may have brought recycling and recycled materials to the fore, specifying...
Packaging: the first minutes of truth
The First Moment of Truth is the term famously used by Procter & Gamble to describe the few seconds...
Britain tries to shed ‘Europe’s dustbin’ tag
The Westminster government, as well as the post-devolution Scottish and Welsh authorities, are stepping...
Counting the cost savings for customers misses the bigger picture
It's been quite a while since I took my O-Grade Arithmetic but, even so, it struck me that Asda's pledge...
Battle of bags causes Commons confusion
Love them or loathe them, it seems there is no escaping the debate on carrier bags. Hardly a week goes...
Taking the measure of carbon footprinting
The news that Tesco is putting its considerable weight behind the Carbon Trust’s draft standard for...
