The European Commission will launch a public consultation on its revised circular economy package tomorrow, according to Defra’s Colin Church.

Cambridge City Council and Cambridge Sustainable Food launch new food waste campaign by sailing a punt full of food down the River Cam.

Nearly 80 per cent of the Scottish public support the introduction of a deposit return scheme, the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland (APRS) has revealed.

French supermarkets will no longer be able to destroy or dispose of unused food, after the French National Assembly passes new amendments to a green energy law.

Lord de Mauley is no longer a minister at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, after failing to be reappointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Science.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has launched a new £300,000 fund for London boroughs wishing to create ‘social supermarkets’ to reduce food waste and support those in food poverty.

Environmental consultancy Resource Futures have produced a green event strategy Bristol’s European Green Capital 2015 programme to encourage sustainable practice.

The Welsh Government has introduced a new Environment (Wales) Bill, which includes a ban on incinerating recyclable materials.

The Conservative MP for Penrith and The Border, Rory Stewart, has replaced Dan Rogerson as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

Dr Stuart McLanaghan of environmental consultancy Eden 21 argues for a new resource hierarchy, explaining why we need new metrics for resource use.