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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Orsted's Hornsea Project Four offshore wind farm are teaming up to develop what could become the largest seagrass restoration project in the UK and Europe, aiming to restore up to 74 acres of lost meadow in the Humber Estuary. Seagrass is a valuable habitat for the marine food chain and able to sequester large amounts of carbon. 

Northamptonshire-based Weetabix Food Company is setting out a plan to produce its first box of zero carbon Weetabix Original. It aims to achieve this by drawing on the results of carbon footprint studies undertaken with its farmers in England's East Midlands, to explore the carbon emissions associated with producing their wheat.

Waste management specialist, Recycling Lives has found a green method which potentially could deal with every single part of the estimated two million cars which reach the end of their life in the UK every year, including the difficult leftover fraction.

Aerial surveying company Bluesky is planning night-time flights over UK cities this winter with thermal imaging cameras to measure heat loss from roofs.

A major sales and leasing opportunity for the ground-breaking Munro all-electric 4x4 off-roader that could see upwards of 3,000 vehicles built and shipped State-side over the next 3 years, marks a welcome return of automotive manufacturing to Scotland, Norrie Hunter reports.

Insulation could become more sustainable with an innovative hydrogen pilot for manufacturing the product at Rockwool's Bridgend factory in South Wales.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) and the UN Environment Programme have released the New Plastics Global Commitment 2022 Progress Report, which found that companies will miss key 2025 targets for a circular economy for plastic. The report revealed that the target of achieving 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable packaging by 2025 will 'almost certainly' not be met, and reported an overall increase of virgin plastic use back to 2018 levels.

Smurfit Kappa's Townsend Hook paper mill in South East England has introduced a new drying process innovation to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions.

A North East of England port has taken its £12m decarbonisation strategy to the next level by adding a new electric crane to its fleet of equipment to increase its capacity capabilities and reduce emissions.

14,400 nappies have avoided being sent to landfill and instead have been turned into useful materials such as road surfaces notice boards, panelling, insulation under laminate flooring and other insulation, as part of a trial that's the first of its kind in England conducted by Eco-friendly baby care company Pura.