Shares in construction firm Interserve have fallen by a third after the board announced that the costs of quitting the energy-from-waste business are more than double those originally expected.

Lidl has signed up to be the second supermarket to use community social network Neighbourly to redistribute surplus food to charities and local causes.

Waste management firm Biffa has announced the expansion of its hazardous waste offerings after its acquisition of Enviroco and PHS Group.

A new European Remanufacturing Council has been launched with the aim of more than doubling the rate of remanufacturing across Europe, as well as promoting awareness and understanding of the remanufacturing industry.

The European Commission’s roadmap for an EU strategy on plastics in the circular economy does not get to the root of the plastics problem, according to a coalition of environmental groups.

Consumer goods company Procter & Gamble is producing a limited run of recyclable shampoo bottles made from recycled beach plastic in what it says is ‘the first major step’ in establishing a supply chain taking in plastic waste collected from beaches by charities.

The Prince of Wales has voiced his support for bottle deposit schemes, after backing Sky’s Ocean Rescue campaign against marine plastic.

MEPs have voted in favour of a 70 per cent recycling and reuse target for 2030, upping the goal proposed by the European Commission in its Circular Economy Package.

Unilever is to use biomethane supplied by GENeco to power five of its sites in the UK and Ireland as it moves towards a carbon positive future.

The New Plastics Economy’s latest action plan to reuse and recycle 70 per cent of the world’s plastic packaging through better design and business models has been backed by industry leaders.