A new device will be fitted on waste collection vehicles in Westminster as designers promise it will reduce harmful emissions by 99 per cent.

A solution to household waste promises to save up to 1,200kg of carbon per year by converting domestic debris into energy.

Around five million tonnes of fossil-based CO2 was emitted from the UK’s waste incinerators in 2017 from the burning of fossil-based materials such as plastics, according to a new report by the UK Without Incineration Network.

A new cross-sector partnership between Veolia and Unilever will see three years of investment into new technologies to increase the recycling of plastics in countries across the world.A new cross-sector partnership between Veolia and Unilever will see three years of investment into new technologies to increase the recycling of plastics in countries across the world.

Digital circular economy company Ditto Sustainability has been chosen to transform product reuse strategies for NHS Scotland through its artificial intelligence platform.

A new accelerator programme has been launched by the London Waste and Recycling Board, with a focus upon circular economy start-ups based in the capital.

Uk start-up Aeropowder won the 2018 Green Alley Award last week for its innovative sustainable packaging material made from chicken feathers.

The world’s consumption of raw materials is set to double by 2060, with devastating environmental consequences, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Bio-plastics company Novamont has opened its revamped Mater-Biopolymer plant to the south of Rome with a significantly boosted production capacity of 150,000 tonnes per year.

Plastics in Swindon could be redirected away from kerbside recycling schemes and into incineration, as part of a plan to save money and ensure the council knows where its waste is ending up.