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Iceland Foods Commits To Being UK's First Plastic Neutral Supermarket

Iceland Foods has announced plans to be the first British supermarket group to become plastic neutral, offsetting its remaining plastic footprint by recove...

Coca-Cola Trials Refillable Beverage Solutions In Sweden

Coca-Cola has announced that it has launched a pilot for refillable, on-the-go drinks solutions in Sweden. The trial is taking place in Stockholm at the c...

Deutsche Umwelthilfe Criticises Boycott Of Reusable Packaging

Deutsche Umwelthilfe, the German environmental and consumer protection association, has criticised the boycott of reusable bottles by large bottl...

Wholesaler Metro Teams Up With Plastic Bank On Waste Collection Plans

Wholesale giant Metro AG has announced a partnership with Plastic Bank, which will see it collect more than 65 million plastic bottles, equivalent to more...

Plastic Bank Prevents One Billionth Plastic Bottle From Entering The Ocean

Social enterprise Plastic Bank has announced it has achieved the milestone of preventing one billion plastic bottles from entering the world's oceans. T...

Mercadona Replaces Disposable Plastic Kitchenware With Sustainable Alternatives

Spanish retailer Mercadona has replaced disposable single-use plastic kitchenware across all stores with sustainable alternatives. The new kitchenware i...

Ahold Delhaize Announces New Health And Sustainability Goals

Ahold Delhaize has stepped up its health and sustainability goals by setting new targets focussed on promoting healthier food choices, product transparency...

Ireland To Impose 'Latte Levy' By 2021 To Cut Plastic Waste

Ireland will impose a so-called latte levy on disposable coffee cups by 2021 in a bid to change consumer habits and cut the environmental impact from the u...