A new beverage carton recycling plant is to open in 2013, the Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) and Sonoco Alcore have announced.

The UK packaging industry is calling for the phrase ‘sustainable packaging’ to be scrapped, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) released today (25 June).

Mark Constantine is an extraordinary man. Described as an inspiration by his colleagues, he moved from cutting hair to designing herbal shampoos, and then on to founding a thriving, ethical cosmetics company.

Recycling staff in Sheffield are to strike on Saturday (23 June) unless the Council rethinks recycling cuts.

More than 80 UK organisations have joined a new forum to tackle the environmental footprint of everyday goods.

Recolight, the industry recycling body for the lighting industry in the UK, are expanding their lamp collection and recycling service by lowering the threshold for businesses to receive a free service.

UK businesses will have to report their emissions data from 2013, Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrat party, Nick Clegg, announced today (20 June) at the Rio+20 Summit.

The United Nations Conference on Sustainability, Rio+20, began today (20 June), amid cries from environmentalists that the negotiated agreement is a “colossal failure”.

Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister Alex Attwood has announced plans to introduce a statutory 60 per cent recycling target for waste collected by local authorities.

First our phones and now our clothes are going ‘smart’. But what price will the environment pay for newly-gadgetised attire?