The EC must make better use of its Ecodesign Directive if it is to address unsustainable resource consumption and bring about a circular economy, says the European Environmental Bureau.

Friends of the Earth Europe has released a new report calling on the European Commission to make resource efficiency central to policymaking decisions.

The Material Security Working Group has introduced a parliamentary paper reiterating calls for the establishment of a central Office for Resource Management.

Senior parliamentarians from the four major political parties have agreed that political will, rather than money or technology, is holding back the UK’s renewable energy sector.

European Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella reveals that the revised European Circular Economy Package will include more ‘country-specific’ waste targets.

The Circular Economy Task Force is calling on the UK government to establish a national resources council to respond to resource supply threats.

Reducing global consumer food waste by 50 per cent could save $300 billion (£190 billion) a year by 2030, the Waste & Resources Action Programme has revealed.

The European Commission’s Environment Committee has approved a draft law that sets a six per cent cap on the use of traditional, crop-based biofuels.

A new ‘Environment Data Exchange’ is being launched to help businesses prepare for climate change.

Stroud District Council is submitting a legal challenge to Eric Pickles regarding his decision to approve plans for the Javelin Park incinerator, as councillors at Gloucestershire County Council call for the contract to be cancelled.