The Circular Economy Investment Fund and Service will offer support to small to medium-sized enterprise to grow the circular economy in Scotland.

Assessment of the possibility of creating greater consistency in household waste and recycling collections in England has entered its second phase, WRAP announced today.

Almost 30,000 tonnes of water-damaged household goods, collected from areas of the UK affected by recent floods, have been sent to landfill, costing almost £2.25 million in landfill taxes, the LGA estimates.

WRAP has unveiled an interactive online tool [http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/new-circular-economy-jobs-created-2030] to highlight the number of jobs that could be created by a circular economy in each Parliamentary constituency.

Mary Creagh MP has been elected as the new Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, following the resignation of Huw Irranca-Davies.

A bill intended to strengthen environmental protection, simplify environmental legislation and reduce red tape for business has been passed by the Northern Irish Assembly.

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.

Falkirk Council has become the first local authority to sign up to the Scottish Household Recycling Charter, designed to increase consistency in recycling collections.

The years of healthy improvement in recycling rates in all quarters of the UK appear to be over. Analysis of local authorities’ waste management performance in 2014/15 suggests a mixed picture. Charles Newman does the rounds

Resource learns about a threat to one of the UK’s already existing circular economy success stories: tyre retreading