Zero Waste Scotland is considering the feasibility of introducing a devolved packaging recovery note system to improve recycling and tackle litter.

Novelis UK has won a Circular Economy Success award in recognition of its work in closed loop recycling.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has launched a new £300,000 fund for London boroughs wishing to create ‘social supermarkets’ to reduce food waste and support those in food poverty.

The joint conference between CIWM, ESA and the Resource Association is to consider the gap between the waste sector’s circular economy ambitions and the reality influenced by austerity.

Environmental consultancy Resource Futures have produced a green event strategy Bristol’s European Green Capital 2015 programme to encourage sustainable practice.

The Welsh Government has introduced a new Environment (Wales) Bill, which includes a ban on incinerating recyclable materials.

The Conservative MP for Penrith and The Border, Rory Stewart, has replaced Dan Rogerson as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

Friends of the Earth has reiterated its call for government to review resource use, after evaluating the embodied land and water use in products.

Dr Stuart McLanaghan of environmental consultancy Eden 21 argues for a new resource hierarchy, explaining why we need new metrics for resource use.

The European Commission’s ‘indicative roadmap’ to its revised Circular Economy Package promises an ‘ambitious’ and ‘effective’ framework that will ‘drive real change’.