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  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    Special ReportFT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies
    FT 1000: the fifth annual list of Europe’s fastest-growing companies

    Green energy supplier takes top spot and London remains the city with the most high-growth businesses

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    Smurfit Kappa Group PLC
    Packaging boss issues warning over rising cost of raw materials

    Smurfit Kappa chief says profits hit by cost of waste paper as demand spurred by online boom

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Pollution
    Plastic makers bet on new waste recovery technologies

    Chemical recycling has potential to treat wider spectrum of synthetic rubbish

  • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
    FT MagazineJancis Robinson
    Rethinking the bottle: could plastic, cans and kegs be greener?

    Glass is still the material of choice for fine wine — but we must embrace the alternatives

  • Friday, 1 January, 2021
    LexPersonal & Household Goods
    Sustainable clothing: green shoots Premium

    As consumer demand for sustainable fashion rises, investor funding will follow

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Special ReportBrazil: The Road to Sustainability
    Braskem bets on growing demand for bioplastics

    The petrochemicals giant is making climate-friendly polyethylene out of sugarcane

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Environment
    Recycler Loop subpoenaed by SEC after short-seller allegations

    Hindenburg Research accuses company of touting technology that is a ‘fiction’

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    LexRenewable energy
    UK renewables/SSE: dump trumps Premium

    Utilities group will receive £995m for its half of the 75 megawatts Multifuel Energy projects

  • Wednesday, 16 September, 2020
    Pollution
    Coca-Cola and rivals fail to meet plastic pledges

    Beverage company is one of worst offenders among consumer goods groups for missing own targets, report finds

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 11 September, 2020
    Artisans
    From waste to taste: the art of recycled ceramic tableware

    How a Liverpool manufacturer is creating sustainable dishes from broken plates and old building rubble

  • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
    News in-depthFT Alphaville
    The question of Tomra’s perplexing performance bonus

    It’s easy to score when you’re moving the goalposts.

  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    This is nuts, when does Tomra crash?

    Norway’s hottest ESG stock has been a tear, but the story is almost too good to be true.

  • Sunday, 30 August, 2020
    Pollution
    All stores to charge 10p for plastic bags in push to end waste

    Government has vowed to eliminate avoidable plastic pollution by the end of 2042

  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
    Judith Evans
    Reinventing the plastic recycling loop

    A repackaging service attempts to strike at the heart of consumer goods models

  • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
    Coronavirus: free to read
    Surge in single-use PPE feeds ‘toxic’ pandemic waste crisis

    Campaigners fear governments are only just waking up to the need to dispose of items properly

  • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
    Special ReportJapan and Sustainability
    Japan faces up to its plastic problem

    The government wants to raise public awareness of the true costs of throwaway packaging

  • Friday, 17 July, 2020
    House & Home
    How plastic waste reclaimed from the ocean is transformed into furniture

    Thousands of tonnes of marine pollution is retrieved, repurposed and returned to our homes

  • Monday, 13 July, 2020
    LombardKate Burgess
    Down days and politics won’t take shine off divi-hero Centamin

    Gold miner polishes its payout crown; the UK’s growing corporate debt dilemma

  • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
    Charlotte Middlehurst
    Dumping our trash habits could be a worthwhile lockdown legacy

    A trip to the reopened local waste centre highlights how consumption patterns have changed

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
    Jo Ellison
    Reset? What a load of rubbish

    We said we would live cleaner, kinder lives after the pandemic. So much for that

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
    Special ReportAI & Robotics
    Recyclers turn to AI robots after waste import bans

    Technology enables unpicking of everything from product logos to valuable car components

  • Friday, 26 June, 2020
    UK business & economy
    UK sewage plants fear deluge of stale beer

    Rush to replace stock ahead of pubs reopening raises prospect of environmental damage through oxygen depletion

  • Tuesday, 23 June, 2020
    Chemicals
    Pandemic safety fears boost case for using plastic, says Sabic chief

    Saudi petrochemical company’s head highlights importance of synthetic material in disposable PPE

  • Sunday, 7 June, 2020
    Richard Walker
    Practical steps to ensure a green recovery

    Ignore polluting industries’ siren calls for legislators to drop environmental targets

  • Wednesday, 3 June, 2020
    Lockdown leaves UK waste collectors feeling the pinch

    Overall levels of rubbish down as businesses shut and consumers stay at home

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