Odds & Ends is a new brand from Misfits Market, a US organisation tackling food waste by selling misshapen and other foods that would normally be rejected by major retailers. “We take in high-quality organic produce that sometimes looks a little different. Fruits and veggies that are too big, too small, or just sort of funny-looking.” Odds & Ends is its private label brand. Thought Matter created its name and identity to represent playfulness, abundance and accessibility. More from Design Week here

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Treehugger has a review of the Black and White Building in London’s Shoreditch, the latest mass timber building by Waugh Thistleton architects. The building, a co-working space, supposedly employs “an ‘architecture of sufficiency’—where every element serves a purpose, nothing is superfluous, and all materials and processes are as efficient and sustainable as possible.” Its structural frame is made from renewable materials, and it is powered by renewable energy, including 80 rooftop solar panels. More here

England, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to introduce a plastic bottle deposit return scheme in 2025, Environment Minister Rebecca Pow has announced. “New plans set out in a consultation response detail that, through small cash deposits placed on single-use drinks containers, people will likely be incentivised to recycle their drinks bottles and cans, reducing litter and plastic pollution. The scheme would include special machines, known as reverse vending machines, and designated sites where people can return their bottles and receive their cash back. In most cases it would be the retailers who sell drinks covered by the scheme who would host a return point.” More here

Waitrose has today announced it has become the first UK supermarket to sell own brand tea bags that are certified as suitable for home composting. The company said all its Duchy tea bags are now accredited with a TUV OK compost HOME certification, meaning the tea bags can be placed directly into a home compost bin or heap, reports Business Green. Full story here

More than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by the biggest provider are worthless, according to a joint investigation by The Guardian, Die Zeit and non-profit investigative journalism organisation SourceMaterial. Verra offsets are used by the likes of Gucci, Shell and Disney. The investigation found that “based on analysis of a significant percentage of the projects, more than 90% of their rainforest offset credits – among the most commonly used by companies – are likely to be “phantom credits” and do not represent genuine carbon reductions.” More here

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