The 21st session of the Conference of Parties began in Paris yesterday, as representatives from 195 countries descended on the capital to discuss the future of the fight against climate change.

The Northern Irish government is considering the possibility of creating an independent environmental protection agency when it restructures its departments next year.

Scottish TV chef Tony Singh has teamed up with the Scottish Government to help people to plan ahead with their food purchases this Christmas, and has also produced recipes for leftovers.

Northern Ireland has fallen short of its 45 per cent recycling rate target for 2015, reporting a national figure of 41.4 in new data.

Provisional data for the first quarter of 2015/16 shows that the average recycling rate in Wales has risen to 57 per cent.

Northern Irish authorities estimate that one million tonnes of waste could have been deposited in an illegal landfill in the town of Mobuoy near Londonderry.

The Green Investment Bank has backed £10 billion-worth of green infrastructure projects since opening three years ago, it announced yesterday (24 November), amid questions over its future.

A 15 per cent cut to the day-to-day spending of the Defra for the next year has been confirmed in the Chancellor's Spending Review and Autumn Statement.

Northern Irish councils could save up to £4 million while boosting the country’s economy through universal adoption of a stacked recycling box system, says Bryson Recycling.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has developed an updated definition for refuse-derived fuel (RDF) that clarifies what is expected of waste described as RDF.