Love Food Hate Waste has appointed five celebrities as ‘ambassadors’ to support the nationwide campaign in halving avoidable household food waste by 2025.

RECOUP’s guideline document for those who use plastic packaging, Recyclability by Design, has been refreshed and revised for Spring 2015.

The UK Green Investment Bank’s interventions in the UK waste sector ‘risk hindering the country’s efforts to increase recycling’, warns Eunomia.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Novelis, ACE UK, Pledge4Plastics, and O2 Recycle.

Wrexham County Borough Council has become the 50th local authority to partner with the MetalMatters recycling campaign.

Businesses and individuals are being encouraged to take part in the UK’s first Community Clear Up Day on Saturday (21 March)

The number of disposable wipes discarded on UK beaches has risen by 50 per cent in one year, the Marine Conservation Society has found.

DCLG has announced the 46 projects that have been awarded Recycling Reward Scheme funding, and has inflated the fund by a further £6.1 million ‘due to its popularity’.

Eunomia is calling on government to introduce a deposit-refund scheme for drinks packaging and introduce levies on chewing gum and cigarettes to reduce litter.

The CLG Committee is calling on government to assign a portion of any increase in tobacco levies to local councils to help cover the cost street cleaning.