All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 246
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Analysis and Features
The Green Issue 2011: Who’s got the greenest store?
The supermarkets are trumping each other with state-of-the-art eco stores that cut energy bills and collect rainwater. But is the boom really just about a green image, asks Ian Quinn
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News
Plastic fantastic for Sainsbury’s peanut butter
Sainsbury’s has switched its peanut butter jars from glass to plastic, in a move the retailer said would reduce carbon emissions by more than 150 tonnes a year. Packaging has been cut by 83% - or 882,000 kilos – as a result of the change, meaning the lighter jars require less fuel to transport.
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News
Co-op Group’s new wind farm
The Co-operative Group has started work on an £18.5m wind farm in Cambridgeshire as part of a plan to generate 25% of its electricity from its renewable energy projects by 2017.
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Boparan businesses to benefit from big renewable spending
Ranjit Boparan is to invest millions in a renewable energy programme for his UK and European poultry business. Boparan’s 2 Sisters business has submitted more than 40 planning applications for solar PV and wind turbine projects in the…
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Comment and Opinion
The Fish Fight must continue on many fronts
The sustainability of wild-caught and farmed seafood will be a key element to global food security, says Leendert den Hollander
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Analysis and Features
Why those free plastic bags are still hanging on in there
The media and the green lobby are, as ever, venting their fury but retailers are in no mood for taking plastic bags away from tills, says Ronan Hegarty
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Comment and Opinion
The best laid plans
On the surface, the government’s National Planning Policy appears to be appears to favour town-centre development.
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Comment and Opinion
Carrying the can
Today’s figures from Wrap represent the first time since records began that the number of single-use carrier bags being handed out has gone up instead of down.
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Comment and Opinion
Retailers need advice on palm oil credentials
RSPO certification rules are, rightly, strict – so businesses should make sure they are in compliance, says Judith Murdoch
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Comment and Opinion
The future is bright for food waste recycling
The Waste Policy Review may have lacked bite, but it is not all bad news for the grocery retail sector, says Ian Goodfellow
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Comment and Opinion
Back of the net
Typical. You wait months for a sustainable fish initiative and then a whole bunch come along at once.
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Comment and Opinion
Oh dear, Defra is still obsessed with plastic bags
The coalition has surprised with the scale, breadth, speed and, though some may not agree, the vision of its reforms.
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Comment and Opinion
We must all do more to encourage recycling
The Waste Review will hopefully set out practical measures – but industry-led intervention is vital too, says Simon Baldry
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Comment and Opinion
Fallout of E.coli tragedy could devastate fresh produce industry
Next week is Food Safety Week. But if anyone was complacent, before this week’s tragic E.coli outbreak in Hamburg, Germany…
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Analysis and Features
A dirty business: why human waste could help solve the global food crisis
The idea of using human sewage to fertilise the land has been poo-pooed for too long. As a global food crisis looms and fertiliser costs soar, isn’t it time for us to get over our squeamishness, asks Daniel Selwood
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News
‘Carbon tax will slash company investment’
Justin King has warned that government changes to the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme could slash corporate carbon investment almost to zero but vowed Sainsbury's would remain "one step ahead" on energy efficiency.
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Analysis and Features
The mults to blame for £14bn waste mountain? Bogof!
The cost of throwing away good food and drink reached a staggering £13.7bn last year, according to the Local Government Association. It lays the blame squarely at the door of the bogof, which it claims is a cunning ploy to divert waste out of retail operations and into the home. Is there any truth in its argument? Helen Gilbert reports
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Analysis and Features
Rubbish publicity for mults as police swoop on bin diver
News that a bin diver faces trial has not just thrust the spotlight on freeganism, but also the amount of food the mults chuck out, says James Halliwell
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Comment and Opinion
Third Party: Helping to keep transport operations green
The FTA’s carbon scheme is sharing environmental best practice, informing industry and government, says Rachael Dillon
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Analysis and Features
Fairtrade: A fairer share for all
Bananas, Dairy Milk and even condoms (in Waitrose from this week). It’s official – Fairtrade’s gone mainstream. But how much are farmers benefiting? Ahead of Fairtrade Fortnight, Beth Phillips visited a cocoa co-operative in Ghana and Sarah Butler met coffee farmers in Uganda to find out