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By Jerome Smail2021-02-04T11:12:00+00:00 Source: BBF Cake maker BBF is working with major supermarkets to reduce the plastic used in its packaging by over 22 tonnes annually. The manufacturer has also committed to cease the use of black plastic, which is harder to recycle, and offer plastic-free alternatives for packaging where possible. The pledges are the latest in a line of environmental initiatives from BBF, which produces more than 600 million cakes annually for retailers in the UK, Euro...

Smart sustainable plastic packaging projects for recycle week 22 September 2020 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is announcing nearly one quarter of a million pounds in funding for projects to address plastic waste and improve the UK’s recycling capabilities during Recycle Week. The funding is being awarded as part of the Feasibility Studies for Demonstrators competition, a constituent of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) challenge, run on beha...

How Can India Plug the Food Wastage Hole at the Consumer and Retail Level? While India ranked 94th of the 107 countries on the global hunger index in 2020, a whopping US $ 14 billion worth of food products are wasted annually in India. Representative image of a fast food meal. Photo: Reuters Rights09/Jan/2021 Note: This is the third article in the three-part series on losses in India’s food supply chain. The other parts can be read here and here.  While 2020 experienced the worst impact o...

A Scottish potato business has cut almost 27 tonnes of plastic from its packaging in a year. Scotty Brand said it introduced a raft of plastic-saving measures across its range to help protect the environment in September 2019 which included thinner, recyclable plastic on its 2kg potato bags, Baby Potato bags and Chippy Chip packs and removing trays inside its Baking Potato packs. In total, these steps have seen Scotty Brand save 26,890kg of plastic. The plastic savings are part of a w...

7:00 PM MYT Remember having patches on your jeans as a child? They may not have found many fans at first, but they went on to become a fashion trend in their own right. Photo: AFP What changes are you ready to make to reduce your impact on the planet? While many shoppers have already switched to buying secondhand or making more sustainable fashion choices, maybe its also time to start getting damaged or worn out items fixed. It may be age-old, but this eco-friendly approach is coming back in a ...

Wasted meat ​ The FSA hopes the updated guidance will prevent perfectly good fresh meat from being thrown away by consumers. The Waste and Resources Action Programme estimated more than 200,000 tonnes of meat is wasted every year, often in unopened packs. In August, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) announced it was working with the FSA to review of guidelines for red meat use by dates from the current ten-day maximum to 21 days or more. Commenting on the updated shelf life rules...

Dec 10, 2020 1. Conserving species The Living Planet Index produced by WWF estimates that wildlife population sizes have dropped by 68 per cent since 1970. The charity advocates the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool of conservation technology to monitor and curb this alarming rate of decline. One of the most useful applications is in acoustic monitoring, recording the sounds of wildlife ecosystems on weatherproof sensors. Many animals, from birds and bats to mammals and even inver...