Britain could create up to 517,000 jobs by achieving its circular economy ambitions, a new study by WRAP and Green Alliance has found.

New figures released by the British Retail Consortium show that the seven major UK supermarkets produced just 1.3 per cent of all UK food waste in 2013.

Money raised from Asda’s carrier bag charge in Scotland will help provide loans and grants to community projects.

Rachelle Strauss, blogger at MyZeroWaste.com, comes top of Resource’s Hot 100 list after being voted as the ‘brightest spark’ of the waste and resources industry.

There needs to be more heated debate on the circular economy to ‘move things forward’, Iain Gulland tells the Kit Strange Memorial Lecture.

Zero Waste Scotland has launched a new fund to help Scottish textile and apparel designers move towards a more circular economy.

Central government responds to the EFRA Committee's inquiry on waste management, and says it currently has ‘no plans to reintroduce statutory recycling targets for local authorities’

Businesses are being urged to apply to the £3.8-million Scottish Recycling Fund to further reprocessing, repair, and remanufacturing work.

A new law has come into effect in New York making it illegal for residents to put some electronic equipment in kerbside waste collections.

The Labour Party has said it will not ban food waste to landfill were it to be elected into power, despite previously announcing that it would.