‘Packaging for people, planet and profit’ is intended to ‘support businesses in considering packaging as part of the total product system for delivering products from point of production to point of consumption’.

A round-up of some of the more unusual stories coming out of the waste and resources world...

European Commission VP Frans Timmermans says “good progress” is being made on developing a circular economy in Europe and announces a new finance support platform for circular projects.

The New Plastics Economy’s latest action plan to reuse and recycle 70 per cent of the world’s plastic packaging through better design and business models has been backed by industry leaders.

Simply Cups, the UK’s only paper cup recycling scheme, has partnered with a company that claims to have made a takeaway cup that is recyclable at traditional paper mills.

Scottish Economy Secretary Keith Brown has expressed his concerns over the progress of the Green Investment Bank’s privatisation, saying it amounts to ‘fragmentation or asset stripping’.

A Cardiff-based company, Thermal Compaction Group, is pioneering a new clinical waste recycling process at one of Wales’ oldest hospitals.

Consultancy Eunomia will investigate potential ways to accelerate a circular economy across the European furniture industry in a project commissioned by the European Environmental Bureau.

Sadiq Khan has launched a competition to find green business project ideas that could help tackle the capital’s environmental problems.

With at least 150 million tonnes of the plastic already polluting our seas, it’s clear something must be done. They may only be a drop in the ocean, but here are some companies creating products from ocean waste.