Energy and Environment

H&M calls for textile sector to embrace circular economy

H&M Foundation has backed a new report that calls for the textile sector to embrace circular economy principles such as reuse, recycling, and slow fashion. The Circularity Gap Report Textiles, authored by Circle Economy and funded by the H&M Foundation, urges “immediate action” to reduce the textile industry’s environmental impact. The report found only 0.3% […]

Economy

Defra cancels mandatory single-use cup take-back scheme

The UK Government has cancelled plans to mandate businesses to take back single-use cups and recycle them. The policy was developed under the previous government and planned for introduction through extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR) regulations. The mandatory cups take-back policy would have affected businesses that supply drinks in fibre-based composite (FBC) cups filled […]