- Plastic
- Packaging
New plastic campaign takes off
Campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is calling for mass action to ask supermarkets to reduce plastic while MPs debate banning non-recyclable food packaging.
By Nina Pullman - 25th June 2019
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How to live plastic free
At the beginning of 2018, our family set a bullish goal to reduce our plastic use at home by 80 per cent. Here's how we did it, writes Sophie Tait.
By Sophie Tait - 28th March 2019
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- Packaging
- Plastic
What is home compostable packaging?
Thanks to the plastic revolution, a raft of new environmentally-friendly materials are being used in packaging. But what does home compostable mean and how does it work?
By Nina Pullman - 21st March 2019
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- Plastic
- Politics
Gove announces plans to simplify recycling
The government's new Waste and Resources Strategy outlines plans for a simpler recycling system and new rules that would see companies pay disposal costs.
By Nina Pullman - 18th December 2018
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- Plastic
- Packaging
Food scraps could make plastic alternative
Food scraps could be turned into a plastic alternative thanks to £60 million of new government funding earmarked for research into sustainable packaging.
By Nina Pullman - 18th December 2018
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- Plastic
- Packaging
Food scraps could make plastic alternative
Food scraps could be turned into a plastic alternative thanks to £60 million of new government funding earmarked for research into sustainable packaging.
By Nina Pullman - 18th December 2018
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- Ethical business
- Packaging
- Plastic
Reduce, not recycle, is Greenpeace plastic message
Recycling plastic does not go far enough to tackle to scale of the pollution crisis and instead the focus should be on using less in the first place, acccording to leading NGO.
By Nina Pullman - 26th November 2018
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- Environment & ethics
- Packaging
'Farm-to-bin' will shape next era of sustainability
The definition of what people understand by sustainability is expanding, according to a new report.
By Nina Pullman - 15th November 2018
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- Plastic
- Ethical business
The plastic problem
Riverford founder Guy called for a unified recycling system 12 years ago, and only now is government reviewing it. This isn't the time for greenwash, now is the time to step up.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 10th September 2018
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- Dairy
- Climate change
- Biodiversity
Cows and carbon: Can dairy be good for the planet?
Trewithen Dairy in Cornwall is taking part in a new carbon project to monitor and improve their farmers' soils and explore the benefits of regenerative farming.
By Anna Turns - 16th September 2021
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- Eating & drinking
- Eat more veg
Know your autumn squash varieties
Marvellously bright and beautifully varied veg that herald the start of autumn - get to know the different squash varieties and how to use them.
By Wicked Leeks - 16th September 2021
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
Best of the bitter flavours
Although we consume vast amounts of coffee or beer, bitter flavours on our plate are mostly ignored, with little attention given to these vibrant leaves which are not only delicious but also a…
By Becky Blench - 16th September 2021
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- News from the farm
- Climate change
- Biodiversity
Don't let our progress be a fig leaf
Rather than showing that it is possible for businesses to find the solutions to get us out of the mess we are all in, Riverford may be the exception that proves the rule.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 14th September 2021
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- Climate change
- Net zero
- Technology
Turning carbon into rock
Iceland launches world’s largest carbon capture plant to transform CO2 into basalt rock and help speed up climate mitigation.
By Anna Turns - 13th September 2021
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- Inequality
- Mental health
- Food waste
Let’s talk about money
Over summer, requests came in to help people who hadn’t eaten as an extra nine million people increased their borrowing over the pandemic to stay afloat, writes Chantelle Norton of Food in Community.
By Chantelle Norton - 13th September 2021
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