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Recycled-content copper output up 6 percent

Global production of secondary copper has risen by 6 percent in the first five months...

Food Waste Action Week says ‘choose what you’ll use’ to save money

With food waste costing £1,000 for an average household of four every year1, Love Food Hate...

Loose fruit and vegetables to cut household food waste

Marking the midway point in Food Waste Action Week, new Love Food Hate Waste report shows...

The price of our addiction to cheap fast fashion as pressure builds on UK second hand clothing market

New WRAP research shows people are putting almost half (49%) of all used textiles in the...

WRAP launches new drive to promote circular living in the USA and across the Americas

In a significant move to tackle the impact that businesses and people have on the...

One festival tent uses as much plastic as 22 Coldplay LPs, 200 bottles and 9,000 straws

How to be a green (hu)man at any UK music festival.  With an estimated 210,000...

Act now on reuse and refill to get ahead of regulations, warns WRAP

WRAP has unveiled a new reusable and refillable packaging guide for UK retailers and brands and the value chain. The...

How the fashion industry is tackling waste

With every industry conscious of being sustainable, and meeting targets laid out by governments worldwide,...

CIWM white paper calls for reform to UK battery recycling

Fires caused by the batteries we throw away are causing a major crisis for the...

Ferrous slag-based products replace 44 million tons of natural rock

Of this, 19.9 million tons were blast furnace slag (BFS) and 15.9 million tons were...