All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 212
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Analysis & FeaturesOur Waste Not Want Not fight on food waste one year on...
It’s been 12 months since The Grocer launched our campaign to tackle the food being wasted by UK food and drink firms
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NewsTesco set to slash carbon emissions with refrigerant switch
Retailer has already converted the first 60 stores to the new system
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Analysis & FeaturesMixed materials just rubbish when it comes to recycling
But as Pringles and Lucozade are fingered, what’s to be done?
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NewsSainsbury's faces flak over its new Fairly Traded scheme
Sainsbury’s has rejected criticism from Fairtrade over the supermarket’s new Fairly Traded sustainability standard
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Comment & OpinionTesco keeps up the eco pace with plan to axe 5p bags
Reducing waste, be that plastic or energy, is saving Tesco and other big companies money and shoppers appear to be happy, but will they fork out 10p for a ‘bag ofr life’?
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NewsSainsbury's trials own sustainability scheme to replace Fairtrade
The scheme will be trialled on tea first, but Fairtrade has warned growers will be ‘disempowered’
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NewsTesco to trial removal of 5p single-use carrier bags
Retailer has removed single use bags from its Aberdeen, Dundee and Norwich stores
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News'Social supermarket' Foodprint plans Nottingham surplus store
Student-led venture will launch its first supermarket close to areas suffering the worst food deprivation
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NewsCoca-Cola begins sourcing 100% renewable electricity
The move came as CCEP unveiled a new solar farm to support production at Europe’s largest soft drinks factory in Wakefield
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NewsM&S begins redistributing surplus chilled food
Retailer has expanded food waste scheme to include meat, dairy and ready meals in 130 stores, with plans for a wider rollout
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Comment & OpinionPlastic island throws repackaging efforts into sharp focus
Images of an uninhabited, picturesque island in the South Pacific littered with detritus has highlighted the problems facing the planet … but what can we do?
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NewsReducing waste is contract caterers' 'biggest challenge'
Technology able to predict numbers wanting to eat and quantities of food required would be a ‘major leap forward’
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NewsTesco sets itself 'high ambition' carbon reduction targets
Retailer will switch to 100% renewable electricity in the UK and Ireland this year
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NewsMore signups urged as FareShare donations rise 15%
Surplus food donated to FareShare increased 15% in the past year, says the charity
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NewsShame!... For whom? says SodaStream
Sir, Plastic bottle pollution is killing our planet. That’s a fact
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NewsTesco buys thousands of small lettuces from G's to avoid waste
The smaller icebergs would normally be ploughed back into the ground as they sit outside standard supermarket specs
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NewsAnti-GM campaigners hit out at Norwich potato trial
Farming minister George Eustice approved trial at end of April
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NewsOver 80% of supermarket seafood now sourced responsibly
The Sustainable Seafood Coalition report found that responsible sourcing was up from 68% in 2011
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NewsGrowers play down threat of potential drought on UK crops
The UK had just 47% of its average April rainfall over the past month according to the Met Office
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NewsCo-op replaces polystyrene pizza boards with recyclable card
Move will prevent 200 tones of polystyrene boards going to landfill, retailer says