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Bounce back: Ikea encouraging mattress recycling in UK
Furniture and homeware retailer Ikea is encouraging mattress recycling in the UK and promoting services to consumers on its website.

Nespresso and Royal Mail: Coffee pod recycling made ‘convenient and simple’
Nespresso and Royal Mail announce partnership to make coffee capsule recycling more convenient and simpler for consumers.

Delivering the circular economy: Hurr and Vinted announce new delivery partnerships
Circular economy players Hurr and Vinted announce new delivery partnerships to strengthen their customer service propositions.

Party season rentals: Gant rental service returns – and this time it’s online too
Gant ups its clothing hire offering with party season rentals in selected stores, and online via partnership with Hurr.

COP28: Ikea moots policies to transform global energy system
Then largest Ikea retailer, Ingka Group, to advocate for urgent and ambitious climate action during COP28 in Dubai.

‘Greening the energy grid’: Co-op signs 15-year solar deal with Voltalia
Co-op and Voltalia sign power purchase agreement which will see the former source its electricity from the latter’s Yorkshire solar farm.

Impact: Nestlé provides £7m loan to support launch of UK plastic recycling plant
Nestlé UK & Ireland provides £7 million loan to Impact Recycling to help get the Durham-based plastic recycling plant up and running.

Made to measure parcels: Amazon unveils automated packaging technology
Amazon says it is trialling new automated packaging technology which creates paper bags that are made to measure for each parcel.

‘Just the beginning’: New Look makes supply chain traceability move
New Look partners with TrusTrace to support its sustainability strategy and enhance supply chain traceability.

Depop-up: Pre-loved fashion marketplace to open temporary spaces with Sook
Depop and Sook bring online pre-loved fashion into the physical space via several London pop-ups this Christmas period.

Greener retailing snippets
Our monthly greener retailing tracker highlighting eco-commitments and green moves from across the retail industry.