Keeping coffee pods out of landfill: Pret A Manger joins Podback recycling scheme
April 13, 2022
Pret A Manger joins Podback scheme to enable customers to more easily recycle their aluminium in-home coffee pods.
Recycling
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Recycling football shirts: Puma kick-starts Re:Jersey project
March 29, 2022
Puma pilots new scheme recycling football shirts, with the aim of producing new products from old kit and making the industry more circular.
Plant pot recycling: Dobbies partners with elho to keep gardening plastic out of landfill
March 16, 2022
Garden centre retailer Dobbies is providing plant pot recycling facilities across its UK store estate thanks to a partnership with elho
Waste Week 2022: Currys participates in electrical recycling competition
March 11, 2022
Currys is among the partners for an electrical recycling competition that forms part of this year’s Waste Week 2022 activities.
‘New, used, vintage’: Online platform Re-Fashion opens its first stores
March 7, 2022
Pre-loved apparel platform Re-Fashion enters the physical retailing space with two store openings – in Hatfield and Leamington Spa.
Domestic appliances recycling: AO recycles 5 million household goods
February 8, 2022
Online electricals retailer AO says it has recycling over five million household appliances since it first opened its Telford recycling facility five years ago.
Video: Lush’s Bring it Back recycling scheme in action
January 19, 2022
Green Retail World editor, Ben Sillitoe, runs through his experiences using cosmetic retailer Lush’s Bring it Back recycling scheme.
Post-Christmas clear-out: M&S ramps up Shwopping clothing scheme promotion
January 7, 2022
M&S calls on consumers to donate their pre-loved clothing to Oxfam via its recently refreshed Shwopping scheme.
Scotland’s deposit return scheme: Recycling initiative for bottles and cans to start in 2023
December 15, 2021
Scotland’s long-discussed but delayed deposit return scheme will now begin on 16 August 2023, according to the government.