Young people think it’s less acceptable to litter plastic and glass bottles than cans, according to an investigation carried out by Coca-Cola Enterprises and Keep Britain Tidy.

The next stage of WRAP’s Courtauld Commitment will challenge the UK food and drinks industry to reduce its resource intensity by 20 per cent in 10 years, saving an estimated £20 billion.

Tesco has announced that it is to introduce a nationwide initiative intended to dramatically reduce the amount of its food that goes to waste.

Celebrity TV chef, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has criticised top coffee companies Costa and Starbucks for misleading claims surrounding the sustainability of their single-use coffee cups.

Aberdeenshire Council is formally calling for Scottish local authorities to be involved in the design of a deposit-return system.

Heathrow Airport has set targets, including a 70 per cent food waste recycling rate, for all its food and beverage retailers as part of a new sustainable restaurant guide.

A second reading to Parliament of the Food Waste (Reduction) Bill has again been postponed after the Friday sitting of the House of Commons failed to reach it on the agenda.

Britain’s retailers are on track to meet voluntary targets to cut the environmental impact of their operations by 2020, according to the British Retail Consortium.

Following the Scottish Government’s adoption of a food waste reduction target, Approved Foods has warned that consumer confusion with labelling systems is leading people to throw away perfectly good food.

A supermarket selling only surplus food from other stores at reductions of up to half price has opened in Copenhagen.