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7th Oct, 2025

5 principles to create value from circularity

Our latest report explores five principles that explain how to define the benefits of circularity, measure progress correctly and establish the concept as a business-wide...
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Insight•
27th May, 2025

In depth: Identifying the levers for change in the UK waste sector

Discover how we helped Reconomy define strategic principles to accelerate the UK’s circular economy transition.

Circular Principles posts

Read more Sustainable Strategies | Multiple vacuum bagged plastic bottles placed next to each other.
By Sancroft Team•
25th Jun, 2020

Plastics, packaging and waste reform: what next?

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense businesses disruption in the UK and across the globe. Despite this disruption, plastics and packaging remains one of the...
Read more Sustainable Strategies | A person placing a tray full of dirty plastic cups into an industrial dishwasher.
By Felix Gummer•
29th May, 2020

The economy may be weak, but the need to address plastics is as strong as ever

The Covid-19 outbreak has caused the largest disruption to business in the UK since the Second World War.  All companies, even those doing well, have...
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By Sancroft Team•
29th Jan, 2020

How to unpick the plastic packaging problem

Coca Cola’s recent announcement at Davos that it will continue to use single use plastic for the foreseeable future and the global media furore which...
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By Sancroft Team•
10th Dec, 2019

New packaging rules will require fundamental refocus of business models

A panel comprising Judith Batchelar, director of brand at Sainsbury’s, Adrian Hawkes, policy director of leading environmental compliance scheme Valpak, Andrew Green, CEO of packaging...
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By Sancroft Team•
2nd Sep, 2019

Zero Waste Week | Electronics, Vaping and Razor Blades

The world is becoming a more circular place, in that it’s no longer enough to produce something without considering where and how it’s produced, what...
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By Sancroft Team•
24th Apr, 2019

The Future of the Fight on Food Waste

Stop Food Waste Day on 24th April 2019 will be greeted by more food waste warriors than ever before. We are witnessing growing enthusiasm and...
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By Sancroft Team•
21st Feb, 2019

Resources & Waste Strategy Consultations Now Open: Key debates and next steps for business

Defra’s Resources and Waste strategy, which we have summarised before [click here], set an ambitious vision for a world-leading system that reduces waste and fundamentally...
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By Sancroft Team•
21st Dec, 2018

Sancroft’s take on the Resources & Waste Strategy: What does this mean for business?

Defra’s Resources and Waste Strategy (RWS) has been long-awaited. Published earlier this week, the 140-page report sets out a vision for consistent waste management and...
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By Sancroft Team•
3rd Dec, 2018

Giving Food Waste the Attention It Deserves

The stark reality is that one third of food is wasted globally at a cost of $750 billion[i]. To put this into perspective, in a...
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By Sancroft Team•
30th Oct, 2018

UK Budget 2018: Plastics & Packaging

Aside from the usual goodies of another freeze on alcohol duty, a little bit more for the NHS, and an adjustment of the lowest threshold...
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By Sancroft Team•
29th Oct, 2018

How Business Can Tackle Plastic Pollution: Key Takeaways

Amid increasing attention from the media, public, government and industry, Innovation Forum hosted the event “How business can tackle plastic pollution”.  The event, sponsored by...
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By Sancroft Team•
29th Jan, 2018

Overcoming the scourge of packaging and plastic waste

David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II has highlighted the detrimental environmental impact of the vast quantity of plastic waste in our oceans to millions of viewers....