Supermarkets are out and proud about their commitment to the environment. Is this because they are pre-empting punitive government policies, responding to a shift in public opinion or simply looking out for the bottom line?...
Multiple supermarket Asda yesterday (25 July) said it would stop sending waste to landfill sites by 2010. The move was unveiled as part of a wide-ranging campaign to save energy and lessen the chain’s negative impact on the environment.
Environment secretary David Miliband met yesterday (20 July) with representatives from the UK’s four largest supermarkets to discuss the implementation of Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs’ Food Industry Sustainability Strategy.
The National Federation of Women’s Institutes has launched a campaign designed to pressure supermarkets into reducing unnecessary excess food packaging, a campaign organiser told just-food today (21 June).
Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy yesterday (10 May) unveiled the supermarket chain’s Community Plan in a speech delivered to the Work Federation.
The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced yesterday (26 April) a plan to improve the food industry’s environmental, social and economic performance “from the farm gate…
Responding to pressure from environmental groups and consumers, and in the latest of a string of 'green' policies, Asda announced yesterday (28 March) that within the next three to five years it will…
UK Environment Minister Elliot Morley has launched an £8m (US$14.7m) Innovation Fund to stimulate innovative packaging design in a bid to cut landfill waste. The Waste Minimisation Innovation Fund will…
Some 75% of UK household waste is sent to landfill, with packaging accounting for 25% of this waste. With landfill sites rapidly filling up, we have two options: we can…
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