The retailer has started selling boxes of ‘wonky veg’ at a discount, helping customers save money and cut waste at the same time.

FCC Environment are promoting the benefits of electric refuse collection vehicles, which include energy savings of up to 60 per cent over conventional vehicles.

Waitrose and John Lewis will be running trucks on renewable fuels this autumn as part of an OLEV-funded trial to see how using biomethane compressed natural gas can help to cut the UK’s transport emissions.

Coca-Cola and Merlin Entertainments will be trialling 14 reverse vending machines for drinks bottles in theme parks next year.

A new rapid inhibition test for anaerobic digestion feedstocks has been unveiled by AD services provider Amur.

Plans have been announced for a new £250-million energy-from-waste (EfW) plant on Teesside.

A new report by aluminium recycling organisation Alupro finds that the recycling rate for aluminum packaging has been rising year-on-year and calls for action to further improve recycling rates and quality.

Critics have panned the BBC’s coverage of the controversial material, which the EU is in the process of restricting, with naturalist Chris Packham failing to declare his paid position as adviser with an oxo-plastics company during a televised discussion on the material.

Dr Church will be stepping down as CIWM CEO to take on a new chief executive role in the environmental sector.

The two books, which are being used at 98 Cardiff primary schools, explain where everyday rubbish ends up.