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The war on plastic waste is set to be ramped up with fresh plans to stop the supply of a range of single-use plastics that threaten our natural environment.

The war on plastic waste is set to be ramped up with fresh plans to stop the supply of a range of single-use plastics that threaten our natural environment.

Primary Contacts LicenseCreative Commons An estimated $500 billion is lost globally each year when clothes are disposed of before the end of their useful material life. In an effort to reduce this, companies are exploring ways to do business with less negative impact. To this end, companies make claims about the environmental benefits of implementing different circular models. Without clear and common reference points or methods, companies could be at risk of greenwashing and might lose money a...

Nobody wants to see good food go to waste. Yet, as a country, we waste 1.2 million tomatoes a day. We throw away 3.1 million glasses worth of milk and we waste 920,000 bananas. These numbers are shocking, and made all the worse by the untold damage that our wastefulness is doing to our environment. Those 1.2 million tomatoes we throw away every day generate 113,000 tons of CO2 emissions – through the labour that goes into seeding, the watering, the fertiliser, the harvesting and the transport...

A Mail on Sunday investigation revealed that every year more than five million tons of food discarded in UK homes is left to rot, poured down the drain, or burnt.

Global food giants and a group of top UK scientists are behind the new non-profit organisation Foundation Earth that will issue the front-of-pack eco-scores on some UK food products this year.

A small island project is creating its own clothing label as part of a local fightback against global fashion waste.

The data from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) also shows that the practice of collecting waste every three weeks has risen 20-fold in the last five years.

Your 5am headlines from The Telegraphs news team 5 June 2021 • 5:00am Welcome to your early morning news briefing from The Telegraph - a round-up of the top stories we are covering on Saturday. To receive twice-daily briefings by email, sign up to our Front Page newsletter for free. 1. Exclusive: Second vaccinations stepped up in bid to end Covid restrictions Britains vaccine rollout is to be accelerated in a bid to secure a route out of lockdown, with over-40s set to get their second jab wit...

We all know the dangers of fast fashion, but fast homeware can be just as damaging Home accessories that have a low price tag may come with a high environmental cost, so how can you create a sustainable home? Abigail Buchanan sits on a second-hand chair, originally from Habitat Credit: Clara Molden Like many other members of “generation rent”, the first flats I lived in were furnished with cheap-and-cheerful homewares that would be lucky to travel with me when I moved. I was a serial shoppe...