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    • Saturday, 3 June, 2023
      Pollution
      Nations split on how to cut plastic pollution after week of UN talks

      US, Russia and China want a voluntary system in which countries establish their own rules

    • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
      News in-depth
      Throwaway Britain: what happens to our old tech?

      The FT fitted trackers in old, broken laptops and gave them to UK retailers for recycling. Their journey reveals much about the informal trade in waste

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      Environment
      UK water industry pledges £10bn investment to stem sewage spills

      Environmental campaigners dismiss ‘empty’ apology issued by trade body Water UK

    • Saturday, 13 May, 2023
      EU states back ban on destruction of unsold clothing

      Textile industry accounts for a fifth of the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: May
      Waste to wearable: the designers driving a circular jewellery economy

      Using materials such as old electronics and recycled leather, start-ups are attracting fans for their aesthetics as well as sustainability

    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      Batteries
      Glencore plans Europe’s biggest electric car battery recycling plant

      Commodity trader and mining group aims to extend its business to take advantage of big demand for EVs

    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      Big investors call on companies to slash use of plastics

      Coalition overseeing $10tn in assets warns on financial risks of inaction

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      News in-depth
      Rome’s waste crisis turns into golden opportunity for Dutch

      Mayor Roberto Gualtieri seeks to replace ‘inefficient system’ with long-term export contracts and new incinerator

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      UK retail industry
      UK retailers to raise concerns over new recycling scheme with ministers

      Companies warn initiative will lead to higher costs for consumers without boosting environment

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
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      FT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies

      The latest annual ranking shows the extent to which entrepreneurship continues to thrive, despite a backdrop of considerable political and social upheaval given rising interest rates and a slowing economy

    • Saturday, 4 March, 2023
      Utilities
      Supreme Court to hear test case over sewage in UK waterways

      Challenge to United Utilities one of a number of legal claims against water companies

    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
      News in-depthFrench economy
      Macron versus McDonald’s: how France ditched disposable food packaging

      ‘Anti-waste’ law has been costly for casual dining chains to implement and some doubt its environmental benefits

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Special Report
      Circular Economy

      Industries continue to experiment with reshaping take-make-dispose ‘linear’ models of production, from eking out battery materials for electric cars to farming’s challenges with soil and water. Plus: the ‘too much stuff’ problem

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Emma Jacobs
      Is it wise to keep your stuff — or just storing up trouble?

      Holding on to belongings for reuse can become overwhelming

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Special ReportCircular Economy
      Messages for the world’s fashion capitals from the front lines of reuse

      In Mexico, Ghana and the Philippines, circularity is inextricable from community wellbeing

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Special ReportCircular Economy
      Packaging industry prepares for tougher recycling rules

      California and the EU step up pressure for earlier intervention in the supply chain

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Special ReportCircular Economy
      Wanted: designers who aim to rethink product design

      Meet three innovators with very different approaches to cutting waste and pollution

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Special ReportCircular Economy
      The start-ups betting on ‘peecycling’

      Collecting and processing human urine would address fertiliser shortages and water pollution

    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      LexEnergy sector
      Biomethane: rotten returns recede in positive what-whiff scenario Premium content

      Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made using the resource appear more viable

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
      Danone lawsuit could be test case for new war on plastics

      Three environmental groups are suing the producer of Evian water and Activia yoghurt

    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      LexPlastic pollution
      Blue sky thinking: bacteria have an appetite for recycling Premium content

      Start-ups are raising funds to speed up process that uses microbes

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
      Drinks groups seek government intervention as glass recycling bills spiral

      Mandatory scheme’s high costs pose threat to some companies’ profits

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Alison Joyce
      Kindling the spirit of generosity

      The recognition of need in the life of another causes us to raise our eyes from our own material needs

    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Single-use plastic cutlery and plates face ban in England

      UK government is imposing fresh restrictions to curb pollution of rivers and seas

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
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      Lebanon water crisis fuels cholera outbreak: ‘Things are coming to a head’

      Nearly half of cases are children as fears grow that disease could become endemic

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