Much of plastic recycling labelling is ‘confusing and inconsistent’, according to a global assessment of recycling and sustainability labelling. The UN Environment Programme and Consumers International have set out five global recommendations for change.
The UK's food and drink manufacturers and retailers will come under
more pressure to recycle more and cut the amount of waste they
produce, according to an Environment Agency report.
A newly-invented automatic waste transportation and sorting system
has been developed in Finland that operates economically and
ecologically on virtually any kind of premises.
Major food and drink manufacturers in the UK met with the
Environment Agency at a seminar hosted by the Food and Drink
Federation in Central London last week to discuss how the industry
had responded to tightened pollution regulations.