Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead is meeting with his UK counterpart, Liz Truss, to discuss the potential of bringing in a deposit-return scheme for drinks packaging.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including tyre recycling, EWWR Awards, LitterARTI, and fly-tipping prosecutions.

A delegation from the European Commission has taken part in a workshop this week to broker co-operation that could help create a new supply chain in the bio-based industry.

Resources & Waste UK has released a manifesto for 2015, which calls for the new UK government to be ‘proactively engaged’ in circular economy policy making.

West Scotland MSP Stuart McMillan has written to the Scottish Government calling on it to ban large supermarkets from disposing of unsold food items.

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the measures it should implement in its revised Circular Economy Package to bring about sustainability.

The European Environmental Bureau has launched a new campaign promoting better product design, reuse, and recycling, in a bid to reduce waste and boost resource security.

The European Commission will launch a public consultation on its revised circular economy package tomorrow, according to Defra’s Colin Church.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including PHS Wastemangement, PAWRS, MGB Plastics, and Cromwell Polythene.

A bus running on biomethane gas (CNG) recovered from cow manure has set a new land speed record for a service bus after recording speeds of over 75 miles per hour.