Scotland’s Environment Secretary has announced a targeted round of funding to help enterprise development bodies across Scotland speed up the shift towards a circular economy within their regions.

Apps targeting food and DIY waste and a CO2–absorbing urban tree are among the innovations chosen as finalists for this year’s Green Alley Award.

Eight per cent of a product's environmental impact is determined during its design, so here are three examples of products doing things the right way and desinging out waste.

A new ‘pay-what-you-feel’ food surplus supermarket in Yorkshire is providing the public with the chance to grab unsold food from retailers and suppliers and prevent much-needed supplies from disappearing into the bin.

The Swedish government has proposed offering tax breaks on repairs for items like bikes, clothing and dishwashers as a way of encouraging the efficient use of natural resources.

Scotland's circular economy ambitions and future relationship with the European Union are among the topics that will be covered at next month’s Scottish Resources Conference 2016.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a successful food waste campaign in Surrey, a takeover for Helistrat and more.

Waste Minister Therese Coffey says that the government’s environmental policy following Brexit will be “focused on outcomes” and that certain elements of the Circular Economy Package could end in “perverse” results.

Smart phones are increasingly designed to give up the ghost after a year or two, but Dutch company Fairphone is attempting to change that by putting the power back into the user's hands.

Modern football is associated with vast levels of (financial) waste, but Forest Green Rovers are showing that soccer and sustainability can go hand in hand.