If you can be sure of anything in this world, it’s that we will always have a steady supply of, ahem, human waste. Annie Kane considers whether Bristol’s Bio-Bus could be the future of sewage, or whether it’s a load of… hot air

An alternative treatment project for Gloucestershire’s residual waste, Community R4C, has officially launched in the hopes of undermining the Javelin Park incinerator.

Wales’s Natural Resources Minister and Scotland’s Energy Minister have written a joint letter to UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd warning her that her renewables strategy ‘will significantly damage’ the renewables sector.

Sustainability consultancy Anthesis Group receives £4 million investment.

Zero Waste Scotland service Resource Efficient Scotland has announced a series of free training workshops and materials in resource efficiency for Scottish businesses.

A new Zero Waste Scotland-backed communal working space and sharing facility that helps fashion and textiles professionals work sustainably will open today in Edinburgh.

WRAP's annual report warns that the fall in price of oil ‘threatens to undermine the viability’ of markets for recycled plastics.

Britain could hit its 50 per cent recycling target with stricter waste laws for companies, organisations and schools in England, according to BusinessWaste.co.uk.

The United Nations has agreed a draft for its 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, which seeks to halve global food waste, ‘substantially reduce waste generation’ and curb climate change.

The London Waste and Recycling Board has announced that it is to invest up to £3 million into a private equity fund to help ‘accelerate the move to a circular economy in London’.