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

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 at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have created a new type of paint that absorbs water from the air and splits it to generate hydrogen. Dubbed ‘solar paint’, the material contains synthetic molybdenum-sulphide, a newly developed compound that removes moi

Americano, cappuccino and latte drinkers could help produce the raw material for a greener biofuel that would reduce our reliance on diesel from fossil fuels. Purpose-grown feedstocks (used to extract oils) for biodiesels are controversial because of their cost and the demand they pla

Blackburn-based The Furniture Recycling Group (TFRG) has announced that it recycled 58,000 used mattresses received from retailer John Lewis in 2016. TFRG said that the 2016 figures meant it had diverted about 1,500 tonnes of waste from landfill. John Lewis commented that TFRG has a s