Waste packaging campaign - the links archive
1 May Green crusader: The woman who became a bag lady
1 May Leading article: Local initiatives of global significance
27 April: MPs sign up to the campaign against excess packaging
27 April: Leading Article: No time to waste
13 April: Retailers told less waste means more customers
31 March: The great Easter packaging eggstravaganza
17 March: The shrink-wrapped swede that made Morrisons cut its packaging
17 March: UK householders throw away one third of food they buy
17 March: Leading article: Waste not, want not
9 February: Politicians sign Commons motion to back campaign against waste
5 February: Stores 'should be responsible for disposal of packaging'
3 February: Supermarkets discover shoppers hate excess packaging
2 February: MPs and retailers rally behind campaign to reduce packaging
2 February: Wal-Mart in pledge to slash its carbon footprint
2 February: Sainsbury's on a roll with action on tissue
2 February: Letters: Waste campaign
1 February: Terry Leahy: Don't blame us: we can't get rid of all packaging
1 February: Asda to remove packaging from fruit and veg
1 February: Leading article: Every little helps
30 January: Rules on wasteful packaging 'are unenforceable'
25 January: Supermarket packaging: How you can fight back
25 January: The campaign against waste: Asda's packaging cover-up
25 January: The campaign against waste: Tesco's packaging cover-up
24 January: Supermarkets told to come clean about packaging
24 January: Disposal has 'shifted to consumers'
24 January: 'We live near swede fields. Yet we were offered shrink-wrapped Tasmanian swede'
24 January: Mark Steel: There will be a Tesco store in your bedroom next
24 January: Leading article: We must vote against waste with our wallets
23 January: From tomatoes to yoghurts, soap powder to beer, the packaging that infuriates you
23 January: Waste basket: Minister backs campaign to cut packaging
23 January: Dr Anna Watson: Waste we don't see is other half of story
23 January: Watchdog probes supermarkets 'stranglehold'
22 January: Campaign aims to reduce the mountains of waste
22 January: Peppers in plastic, passion fruit in a sweat - how much of this packaging do we need?
22 January: Leading article: Join up... the campaign against waste starts today
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