Industry News
Entry now open for Sustainability Leaders Awards 2012
With a brand new name, a brand new venue and brand new categories, the Sustainability Leaders Awards, formerly the Awards for Environmental Excellence, are now open for entry.
Plan A underpins rise in brand value for Marks & Spencer
Plan A has helped secure Marks & Spencer's position as the second most valuable retail brand in the UK according to an index survey released yesterday (February 21).
MP opens £1 million Plastics Waste Sorting Facility at Centriforce
CENTRIFORCE Products, the UK's largest independent plastics recycler, has invested £1 million in a pioneering new Plastic Recycling Facility (PRF) at its six-acre Liverpool production centre.
Fashion brand launches with 100% transparency policy
A fashion brand has launched with what it claims is a 100% transparency policy in a bid to prove its sustainability credentials right down the supply chain.
Retailers must attack food waste on several fronts to be effective
Supermarkets need to take a multi-pronged approach to tackling food waste according to the results of an exclusive edie poll.
Rio Tinto poised to ramp up mineral recovery from waste rock
Global mining giant Rio Tinto is embarking on a pioneering minerals recovery programme that will separate valuable ore from waste rock during underground tunnelling operations.
Fleet project set to slash refuse truck costs for councils
London's waste authorities could shave millions off their refuse truck bills through
greater collaboration and standardisation of their fleet management strategies.
Fuel prices decrease in Zimbabwe
Locally manufactured, fuel grade ethanol from Chisumbanje, is causing Zimbabwean fuel prices to decrease. This price drop sits somewhat...
LanzaTech takes over from Range Fuels
LanzaTech has bought a failing ethanol plant in Soperton, middle Georgia, with plans in motion to breathe new life into the 280-acre industrial...
EPA approves study on E15
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the voluntary use of E15 in all autos and light trucks built since 2001, equalling over 70% of...
Coca Cola to debate producer responsibility at London event
Coca Cola Enterprises will be revealing its latest thinking around producer responsibility issues at a forthcoming seminar next week in central London.
Opinion divided over proposals for Euro-wide plastic bag ban
Legislative proposals for a European-wide ban on plastic carrier bags must be based on sound evidence, experts have warned, amid fears that Euro MPs will bow to political pressure.
UK's first dedicated carpet recycling plant opens
A facility that claims to the UK's first reprocessing plant just for carpet and carpet tile recycling has been officially opened in the north of England.
Ethanol services at Magellan terminal
Magellan Midstream Partners LP has announced that it will offer ethanol storage, blending and distribution at its facility in Mount Pleasant,...
Mini-cellulose molecule could revolutionise biofuel production
<div>Chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst have discovered a 'mini-cellulose' molecule that behaves in the same way as...
