Aleph Farms 3D prints a ribeye steak using three-dimensional “bio-printing”
Aleph Farms Ltd. (the Company) and its research partner at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of...
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Jan 27, 20213 min read
Waitrose ranked first for efforts to reduce plastics in Greenpeace report as it confirms latest plan
Waitrose has ranked first in Greenpeace’s annual league table, for the second year in a row, which looks at how supermarkets are reducing...
Jan 22, 20211 min read
Heinz removes plastic from all multipack canned products with PEFC certified paperboard
Heinz continues to remove plastic from supermarket shelves with the launch of a convenient & skinny cardboard sleeves on all multipack...
Jan 15, 20213 min read
European Union’s food safety agency says worms are safe to eat
Today’s batch of EFSA scientific opinions on novel food applications includes the first completed assessment of a proposed insect-derived...
Dec 14, 20202 min read
Vertical Future unveils new vertical farm in Deptford, London with 172% higher yield
UK-based controlled-environment-agriculture (CEA) solutions provider Vertical Future has unveiled its new approach to vertical farming,...
Nov 25, 20202 min read
Tesco to remove plastic trays in chicken range in 30% reduction of plastic packaging
Tesco is announcing that from next year it will stop using plastic trays to pack its fresh, whole chickens. The supermarket will start by...
Nov 18, 20202 min read
Tesco to save 260 tonnes of plastic each year, with change to cheese packaging
The saving has been made by switching from the traditional square block shape to oblong packaging and also by removing the current...
Nov 5, 20202 min read
Nestle launches insect protein in Purina pet food
Nestlé Purina is launching pet food that builds on alternative proteins to make better use of the planet's resources. The new line...
Oct 21, 20202 min read
Swedish grocery Felix to price goods based on carbon footprint
Felix, a Swedish food brand, has opened a climate-conscious store that will guide buyers to make informed decisions when purchasing food...
Sep 23, 20202 min read
Kenya harnesses fly larvae's appetite to process food waste
Rotten bananas? Mushy avocados? Pulped oranges? Talash Huijbers wants them all. The 25-year-old is the founder of Insectipro, a Kenyan...
Jul 29, 20203 min read
Loss of bees leads to shortage of key food crops, new study finds
A lack of bees in agricultural areas limits the supply of some food crops, a new US-based study has found, suggesting that the decline in...
Jul 21, 20202 min read
Scientists discover new species of darkling beetle larvae that can decompose plastic
A joint research team consisting of Professor Hyung Joon Cha and a doctoral student Seongwook Woo of the Department of Chemical...
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Diageo to launch 100% plastic-free bottles for Johnnie Walker brand in early 2021
Diageo has created the world’s first ever 100% plastic free paper-based spirits bottle, made entirely from sustainably sourced wood. The...
Jun 22, 20202 min read
Asda removes over 24.5 million plastic forks from salads in a bid to tackle plastic pollution
· 41 tonnes of plastic a year saved by the move · Over 24.5 million plastic forks removed · In addition, Asda switches Asparagus out of...
Jun 8, 20201 min read
Ethiopia announces plans to plant 5 billion seedlings this year, as part of four year 20bn target
Ethiopia is to plant 5 billion tree seedlings this year to help fight climate change and deforestation. The announcement was made...
May 26, 20205 min read
Evidence that fish flourish in a community-managed marine area offers hope
by Malavika Vyawahare on 21 May 2020 New research from Madagascar offers a glimmer of hope that locally managed marine areas (LMMAs), an...
May 10, 20201 min read
Whaling in Iceland is shut down for second consecutive year
Iceland's two whaling companies will skip the whale hunt this summer for the second straight year, with one telling AFP Friday that they...
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Scientists discover a bacterium that feeds on toxic plastic
The bacterium, which was found at a waste site where plastic had been dumped, is the first that is known to attack polyurethane. When...
Mar 24, 20201 min read
Princes to ditch plastic packaging on all tuna multipacks, with 28m products to go plastic-free
Princes has announced plans to move all of its tuna multipacks to cardboard sleeve packaging, as part of a drive to attract new customers...
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Dutch supermarket chain Ekoplaza was the first to have plastic-free aisles - with 700 grocery items
Dutch supermarket chain Ekoplaza joined with environmental campaign group A Plastic Planet back in 2018 to creat the world’s first...
Mar 14, 20201 min read
Supermarket in Thailand innovates with banana leaves packaging and removes plastic packaging
The banana leaf packaging comes from the Rimping supermarket in Chiangmai, Thailand. A real estate company in Chiang Mai, Perfect Homes,...
Mar 13, 20202 min read
Greenpeace proposes 70% meat consumption reduction by 2030
Three burgers a week: that’s the maximum amount of meat Europeans should get used to eating, according to NGO Greenpeace, which has been...
Mar 12, 20202 min read
Lucozade Ribena Suntory (LRS) trials drinks in plastic-free, edible seaweed-based sachets in gyms
The packaging, called Oohos, are created by packaging firm Skipping Rocks Lab and made by manufacturing firm Notpla. They can be eaten,...
Mar 12, 20201 min read
Aldi will delist brands that don't act on plastics packaging by 2022
Aldi UK's chief executive Giles Hurley has written to suppliers of third-party brands, warning that they will be delisted unless they...
Mar 11, 20201 min read
Iceland reduces plastic packaging usage by 29%
Iceland has reduced its overall plastics packaging usage by 29%, the equivalent of 3,794 tonnes, two years on from its pledge to remove...
Mar 9, 20201 min read
To reduce the carbon footprint of your food, focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local
There is rightly a growing awareness that our diet and food choices have a significant impact on our carbon ‘footprint’. What can you do...
Mar 9, 20203 min read
M&S reveals over 75% of consumers are consciously trying to reduce their use of plastic packaging
New research by M&S Food today (3 March) reveals that over 75% of consumers are consciously trying to reduce their use of plastic...
Mar 7, 20201 min read
Nestlé signs European Plastics Pact, 100% of packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2025
Nestlé today announced the signing of the European Plastics Pact. This will help to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable and...
Mar 6, 20201 min read
McDonald’s Australia to replace plastics cutlery with a fibre-based alternative by the end of 2020
McDonald’s Australia is to replace plastics cutlery with a fibre-based alternative by the end of this year. According to the fast food...
Feb 29, 20201 min read
Coke, Pepsi and Nestle among companies sued in US for creating a plastic pollution ‘nuisance’
Non-profit environmental organisation Earth Island Institute has filed a lawsuit against ten major food, beverage, and consumer goods...
Feb 20, 20202 min read
Kellogg's to source 100% physically deforestation-free certified palm oil by 2025 after petition
Kellogg’s’ approach to palm oil has featured heavily in the UK news in recent months, after Bedfordshire-based sisters Asha and Jia...
Feb 17, 20201 min read
Aldi scraps single-use bags for loose fruit and vegtables in plastic reduction move
Later this month, 100 stores in the Midlands will trial removing free single-use plastic produce bags entirely.Instead, they will be...
Feb 14, 20202 min read
Aldi tells suppliers product packaging must be 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025
Aldi UK CEO Giles Hurley has warned suppliers they could face the axe if they don’t get on board with the discounter’s packaging...
Feb 10, 20205 min read
In 'Honeyland', One of Europe’s Last Wild Beekeepers Fights Environmental and Economic Hardships...
The documentary Honeyland premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it was the most awarded film, winning the Grand Jury Prize,...
Feb 4, 20202 min read
Waitrose own-brand packaging to be reusable, widely recyclable or home-compostable material by 2023
Waitrose has brought forward its commitment to make its own-brand packaging widely recyclable, reusable or home compostable by two years....
Feb 3, 20201 min read
Heinz ditches plastic wrapping on multipacks from March 2020
Heinz is axing plastic wrapping on its multipacks of baked beans in the war against pollution. The food giant is also ditching shrink...
Jan 20, 20201 min read
Oxo To Launch Plant-Based Beef Stock Cube
'The whole plant-based eating thing is clearly very important. There was a clear role for a vegan but beef-flavoured cube Food giant Oxo...
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Quorn Foods introduces carbon footprint labelling
The new labels will provide carbon emissions data on a “farm to shop” basis and will be rolled out across 60% of the company’s products,...
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Pret A Manger To Launch Vegan Croissant Next Week
Pret A Manger is launching its first vegan croissant in a bid to meet 'numerous customer requests'. The Very Berry Croissant, which uses...
Jan 2, 20201 min read
The Greggs Vegan Steak Bake launches in 1,300 shops today
Greggs is launching a vegan version of its popular steak bake in 1,300 of its UK stores today. The bakery chain says its Vegan Steak Bake...
Dec 11, 20193 min read
Tesco and WWF launch ground-breaking measure to map environmental impact of food production
Measure will track key environmental impacts of a sample of regularly purchased products, and is first step to halving the environmental...
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