The benefits of better waste management in the EU to greenhouse gas emissions are obscured by current statistics reporting, says Eunomia.

The United Nations has agreed a draft for its 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, which seeks to halve global food waste, ‘substantially reduce waste generation’ and curb climate change.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has launched an actionable toolkit for policymakers wishing to make a transition to the circular economy.

A collaborative US report has proposed a number of policies to improve the poor health and safety records of American recycling companies.

The European Parliament Environment Committee has voted through a draft report on the circular economy, which calls on the European Commission to increase recycling targets to ‘at least’ 70 per cent.

Friends of the Earth has reiterated its call for government to review resource use, after evaluating the embodied land and water use in products.

Reforms in government machinery are ‘urgently needed’ if the UK is to meet its environmental commitments and protect the economy, says WWF-UK.

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

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

Forum for the Future has developed an online platform to help decision makers prepare business models for a ‘radically different world’.