The ESA has called on UK political parties standing in June’s general election to commit to building a strong and competitive resource economy through four key policy recommendations.

WEEE organisations met for the fifth annual WEEE forum conference in Malta last week, setting out the vision for a more resource efficient sector.

Advance London, a new circular economy programme aiming to help SMEs to go circular, launched at London’s City Hall this week.

CIWM have released a Resource Productivity Manifesto calling on all political parties to commit to resource productivity measures in their manifestos ahead of June’s general election.

Defra says that it is ‘committed’ to publishing its long-term environmental plan after a leaked draft of the long-awaited document was criticised by environmental groups amid rumours it may never see the light of day.

North London Waste Authority has responded to government’s draft industrial strategy, pointing out that it makes no mention of waste, the circular economy or society’s need to manage physical resources better.

Defra has established food waste, urban recycling and the benefits of resource efficiency as ‘high-level’ R&D priorities in the department.

Zero Waste Scotland has teamed up with Eunomia to identify circular economy opportunities within the Scottish construction sector.

With European guidance still going through the bureaucratic process and national policy seemingly well down the pecking order, local and regional authorities can take the reins and steer their areas into a more circular way of living.

A new CIWM report examines how advances in digital technology are changing how we consume and what impact that has on waste production and resource efficiency.