Our reliance on rare earth elements in our gadget-hungry world is growing, but at what cost?

Researchers at Lancaster University have developed a new technique for converting coffee grounds into biofuels, drastically reducing the time and energy needed in the process.

The Environmental Industries Commission has officially launched a new smart cities platform to facilitate collaboration on using smart technologies to increase drives towards sustainability.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector including a new reprocessing contract for Casepak, new packaging made from eggshells, RCVs for students and HSBC funding for a waste start-up.

Packaging materials made from upcycled agricultural residual waste have been named ‘Bio-based Material of the Year 2017’ at the 10th International Conference on Bio-based Materials.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation and The Prince of Wales’ International Sustainability Unit have launched a $2 million Innovation Prize to prevent plastic waste from entering the oceans.

The Ocean Cleanup project has announced a ‘new design breakthrough’ and that it will be able to begin deployment of its innovative system in Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 2018.

Unilver has developed new technology for recycling plastic sachets taking steps towards a more circular economy for plastic packaging.

Novamont’s MATER-BI bioplastic carrier bags have been shown to be 100 per cent biodegradable in anaerobic digestion plants in Germany, a scientific study has shown.

The biology of a common caterpillar could help unlock the solution to the world’s plastic bag dilemma, researchers at Cambridge University have suggested.