A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including the Clean Britain Awards, Christmas jumper upcycling and electrical appliance reuse.

The Sustainable Clothing Action Plan has seen UK brands cut water impacts by 12.5 per cent per tonne of clothing since 2013, though waste arisings have not fallen, WRAP announced today.

The UK’s food system will face increasing challenges over the next decade if we don’t embrace a ‘business unusual’ approach to the way we manufacture, sell and consume food, a new Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) report suggests.

Plans to introduce a pay-as-you-throw waste collection system in Guernsey by mid-2016 have been delayed until 2017.

Google has partnered with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to develop sustainable practices within the company and web industry.

An amendment to an energy transition law that sought to ban French supermarkets from destroying unused edible food has been dropped for procedural reasons, but a new draft law has already been submitted to address the issue.

The Environmental Services Association's Executive Director, Jacob Hayler, looks at the UK's current recycling rate, and what we can do to improve it.

Resource's 'insider' takes a look at the European consultation on the Circular Economy Package and dishes the dirt on rubbish policy

As one of the sector’s major organisations, WRAP works with businesses, government, and communities in an effort to bring about a circular economy. Charles Newman caught up with CEO Liz Goodwin to find out how it’s going

The UK is the biggest contributor to the 22,000 tonnes of food waste produced in the EU every year, according to a study by European Commission researchers.