You have just begun your start-up journey and are in the early stages of talking to potential investors. So, how much information should you disclose to them? You may need to share sensitive material that you wish to remain confidential and are wondering if you should use a confidenti

Coffee cup recycling took a step forward today with Costa Coffee, part of Whitbread, committing itself to recycling the same volume of cups it puts onto the market. In a form of self-imposed producer responsibility, the company said that this would help to tackle the challenge of coff

Retail giant Marks & Spencer have unveiled a pack away mac made from 50% recycled polyester, sourced from used plastic bottles. A spokeswoman for the retailer said that “The pack away mac has been designed a part of our Plan A 2025 sustainability plan, in which we are committed to

In the UK’s largest trial of connected and autonomous vehicle technology a consortium including Jaguar Land Rover, Ford, Tata and Arup have demonstrated a range of connected and autonomous vehicle technologies on the streets of Milton Keynes. The UK Autodrive project, which is being l

Researchers are delivering a new trial to investigate whether a workforce of ‘parcel porters’ could help to reduce the current demand for kerbside space by delivery vans. To be carried out in central London over a four-month period, the trial is expected to fundamentally change parcel

Astronauts make sacrifices to go into space. For long missions that are envisaged for the future — such as the months-long trip to Mars — the problem of bringing enough food or growing it en route is a concern to mission planners. The Penn State team believes they might have found a s

England’s recycling rate is starting to be closed on by the amount of waste material sent for recovery via energy from waste plants, with a gap of just 6.5% between the two figures. According to figures for all local authority waste released today by Defra in 2016/17, over the financi

Discarded cigarette butts are a major waste disposal and environmental pollution hazard. But chemists at the University of Nottingham have discovered that cigarette butt-derived carbons have ultra-high surface area and unprecedented hydrogen storage capacity. The research was carried

A new report from Columbia University has claimed that energy harvested from evaporation of water in US lakes and reservoirs could provide power for about 70 per cent of the country. Its ‘evaporation engine’ draws power from the expansion and contraction of bacterial spores in the pre

Researchers are looking at advanced materials for roads and pavements that could generate electricity from passing traffic. Engineers from Lancaster University are working on smart materials such as ‘piezolectric’ ceramics that when embedded in road surfaces would be able to harvest a