Europe has reached a ‘turning point’ in the ‘absurd unethical and anti-economic situation’ of food waste, according to Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis.

The new Chairman of the Environmental Services Association, a trade association representing the UK’s resource and waste management industry, outlined his priorities for the association at its annual lunch for members and stakeholders.

A round up of news from the waste and resources sector including new bins for Croydon, global growth in the AD industry, investment in the European paper industry and more.

Plastics that sub in plants for petrol are booming, with the market set to quadruple in the next five years.

Engineering firm Arup has created the world’s first ‘Circular Building’, an experiment in circular economy thinking.

Investigating the modern phenomenon of lightweighting glass and discovering just how low glass could go.

A substance that can provide sustenance to maintain life on earth, that prevents flooding and desertification and that could even reverse climate change might sound impossible, but that material is right under our feet.

Voting for this year’s Resource Hot 100 is now open. This is your chance to vote for the waste and resources industry’s biggest influencers.

Black Friday spending could exceed the £1 billion mark set in 2015, with half of consumers worried about the environmental impact of buying things they don’t need.

A round up of news from the waste and resources sector including a creative writing initiative with REPIC, a recycling trial at Lord’s, reuse in Wrexham and a new appointment at Ecosurety.