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02 Sep 2010
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As the second phase of the Courtauld Commitment gets underway, Resource spoke to Helene Roberts, Head of Packaging for Marks & Spencer, about the steps the company has taken to reduce packaging

 

Over the last decade, many councils have shifted to commingled collection. It’s prompted a significant debate about the right approach and who should bear which particular responsibilities and costs.

 

The middle of the production story won’t change; we need chairs, tables and washing machines. But what about the beginning, what about the end? Can those bits of the lifecycle be made more efficient?

 

Thanks to a sophisticated reprocessing infrastructure, the paper industry is the country’s most prolific recycler. But is the rise of electronic communication, coupled with our import/export ratio, threatening the strength of the UK recovered paper market?

 

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Opinion

Wales is set to introduce the UK’s first charge on all single-use carrier bags. By not exempting...

 

Charles Barry’s Palace of Westminster is a beautiful building imbued with the memories of...

 

The government says the idea behind the ‘big society’ is to “take power away from politicians and...

 

In a time when we should know better, why aren't we recycling?

 

Reviews

Far from a dream-pedalling book of aspiration, Rosen’s in-depth exploration of the off-grid...

 

We produce 10 million tonnes of packaging waste each year, but there’s generally a blithe...

 

The marketing blurb on the back of this book asks: ‘When did you last climb a tree? Pick some...