• News News in brief | World Environment Day 4th June 2021 Birmingham Airport / SocEnv / Waitrose / World Environment Day News in brief | CIWM Business Partner news round-up 4th June 2021 CIWM Business Partner News Round Up / EPIC Media / Obbi Solutions / TOMRA Defra urged to rethink wood packaging proposals in EPR consultation 4th June 2021 EPR / The Wood Recyclers’ Association / Waste Wood Coca-Cola becomes first global partner for river clean-up project 4th June 2021 Ocean Plastic / plastic / The Coca Cola Company / The Ocean Cleanup Report: Northern Ireland faces ‘potential waste crisis’ 3rd June 2021 Arc21 / Northern Ireland / Tolvik 35% of Amazon shareholders support proposal calling for cuts in single-use plastic 3rd June 2021 Amazon.com / packaging / plastic / Single-Use UK government ‘lagging behind’ G7 peers in green jobs and investment plans 3rd June 2021 Circular Economy / green jobs / green recovery Fully electric, autonomous passenger shuttles take to Cambridge roads 2nd June 2021 Cambridge / Electric Vehicles / Greater Cambridge Partnership Report: ‘Digital’ DRS could achieve policy objectives at ‘significantly lower cost’ 2nd June 2021 DRS / packaging / The Digital DRS Industry Working Group Defra’s options for EPR payments ‘overly complex’ – ESA 2nd June 2021 ESA / Extended Producer Responsibility / Resources And Waste Strategy Waitrose ‘Unpacked’ sales grow by almost 9% in six months 1st June 2021 packaging / plastic / Refill Stations / Waitrose National circular economy research programme launches 28th May 2021 Circular Economy / The National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research / UKRI Heat Networks Investment Project awards over £30m of funding 28th May 2021 heat network / Heat Networks Investment Project / net zero Retail leaders join forces to boost flexible plastic recycling in UK 27th May 2021 Flexible Packaging / packaging / plastic / waste infrastructure ‘Fast recovery and sustainability’ funding to cover repurposing textile waste 26th May 2021 Fast Fashion / green recovery / Textile Waste / UKRI Environment Bill continues through Parliament 26th May 2021 Environment Bill / Office for Environmental Protection / UK Parliament Greenwashing tops investor concerns when it comes to responsible investing 25th May 2021 Green Investment / greenwashing / quilter New funding to reduce plastic packaging’s environmental impact 25th May 2021 packaging / plastic / Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging / UKRI First 1 2 … 155 156 157 … 308 309 Last