Anthesis and Topolytics are set to each receive £500,000 of funding as part of the government’s GovTech Catalyst fund, which supports the development of innovative solutions for public sector challenges.

Sadie Westwood, Business Director at creative agency 23red, discusses how communications campaigns should make use of nudges and targeted messaging to encourage people to waste less food.

Plastic film manufacturer DuPont Teijin Films has gained industry recognition at the 2019 Plastics Industry Awards, which is sponsored by RECOUP.

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has launched a sustainable design tool, PackScore, to help brands, retailers and designers to assess the recyclability of their plastic packaging.

A round-up of recent news from the waste and resources sector including Ecosurety, Saica Group, Buhler, Sabert and Novatech.

Lucozade Ribena Suntory has unveiled its plans for all of its plastic bottles to be made from recycled plastic or bio-sourced materials by 2030.

Scottish businesses have been at the forefront of the circular economy in recent years, and Ogilvy Spirits has been particularly innovative in this regard, turning waste potatoes into vodka, as Imogen Benson reports.

Californian fruit preservation company Apeel Sciences has announced that it is trialling its edible fruit coating technology in Asda, to reduce the amount of fruit and vegetables thrown away.

Ennomotive has launched an engineering competition to find new ways of reprocessing waste mining materials into glass.

With the help of online reuse platform Warp It, the Royal Free London has saved £242,681 in 19 months, winning the Reuse category of the NHS Sustainability Awards.