Day: 30 November 2012

Resource minister urges greater reclaim for textiles

Used clothing is an increasingly valuable commodity, but this message needs to be drilled home to businesses and consumers, resource minister Lord de Mauley warned today.

Biggest night on the sustainability calendar unveils award winners

The Sustainability Leaders Awards 2012 was host to a fantastic evening of celebration and networking with the leading lights, biggest brands and champions of sustainability.

Quantum leap for food waste as bread is kept ‘fresh’ for 60 days

Breakthrough technology that claims to keep bread edible for up to two months has been hailed as a food waste saviour out in the US.

Sustainability ‘imperative’ for business leadership

Sustainability and growth are no longer at odds and are now very much in sync, says OgilvyEarth's president Kim Slicklein.

E-waste firm Redeem ‘fastest growing’ recycler in UK

WEEE specialist Redeem has been named as the UK's fastest growing recycling company in terms of revenue according to an annual waste industry league table.

Green living policies are bypassing tower blocks

People who live in high rise estates are being sidelined by green policy measures despite huge potential for them to be at the forefront of this agenda.

Front runners in solid recovered fuel

Stoke-on-Trent-based Brown Recycling has ambitions to become a UK market leader in solid recovered fuel. Nick Warburton visited its state-of-the-art facility to find out more

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