Government most successful at meeting waste targets
The government is likely to miss more than half of the environmental targets it has set since it came...
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Environment
Defra figures reveal household recycling is rising
The Local Government Association (LGA) said that the 2007/08 provisional waste statistics issued yesterday (8 May) by Defra were "very encouraging", but there was an "inescapable need" to do more.
Other Environment
PRNs should include municipal waste
The packaging recovery note (PRN) system should be extended to include the municipal waste stream to...
Corus pays more for steel delivered to recycling centres
Corus has announced a £50 increase in the amount it pays for steel cans delivered to its CanRoute collection...
Wrap reveals £10bn cost of wasted food
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap) hopes to spark "a major debate on the way food is packaged"...
Denmark extends deposit scheme
Denmark is to extend its national deposit-return scheme for drinks packaging to cover mineral water...
Recycling challenges for milk sector revealed
A step-change in the technology to recover and reuse waste plastic in the milk sector has been revealed...
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...
