A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a food waste communications trial, a Veolia employment project and the removal of street bins in Dorset to encourage recycling.

Lidl UK has announced it will be donating £500,000 from the carrier bag charge to a new Keep Britain Tidy initiative designed to inspire young people to reduce litter and waste.

The lifespans of electrical and electronic appliances are becoming shorter, a new study commissioned by the German Environment Agency has revealed.

Sainsbury’s is to phase out multi-buy promotions across its grocery business in favour of lower regular prices in an attempt to cut down on household food waste.

The All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group has published a collection of essays to help each stage of the supply chain to cut waste and become more resource efficient.

Selected Asda stores will now be trialling Wonky Vegetable boxes as part of the ongoing ‘Beautiful on the Inside’ range in a continued effort to tackle food waste.

The French parliament has adopted a series of measures against food waste today, after the Senate unanimously voted through a bill forcing supermarkets to take action.

A bill that could ban the incineration of recyclable material is to become law after being passed by the National Assembly for Wales yesterday (2 February).

Recofloor, the national vinyl recycling scheme, has set a new annual collection record by collecting 508 tonnes of material for recycling in 2015.

A Sainsbury’s survey has found that many British families believe that they waste no more than £30 worth of food a month, but in fact throw away an estimated 44 meals per month, worth £58.30 per household.