UK pledges support to the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, a forum aimed at reducing tropical deforestation.

Cumbria County Council to offer residents ‘heavily discounted’ food digesters to reduce food waste and save £43,000.

Leeds City Council to switch from weekly to alternate weekly waste and recycling collections, in a bid to increase recycling.

London Waste and Recycling Board launches £19 million ‘Tailored Investment Fund’ to help finance local waste projects.

Environment Agency grants Veolia an environmental permit to build an incinerator in New Barnfield, Hertfordshire.

North London Waste Authority says local recycling rates will need to “almost double” to reach 50 per cent target by 2020.

EC proposes simplifying green product information across the EU and votes through new boiler efficiency standards.

ETI announces shortlist for £13 million design competition for an energy-from-waste demonstrator gasification plant.

Spring is in the air, which means it’s time to dust off your gardening tools and get planting. Helping you do so in an environmentally (and ethically) friendly way, Florence Derrick has some product suggestions.

Thames Water signs deal with 2OC to provide fats collected from sewers for ‘world’s largest fat-fuelled power station’.