Worcestershire County Council will survey district councils as part of the potential creation of a joint waste authority with Herefordshire County Council.

Bayer Material Science AG has been named as the winner of nova-Institute’s ‘Bio-Based Material of the Year’ award.

The UK Independence Party would abolish WRAP, repeal the Climate Change Act, and ‘rejuvenate the coal industry’, if it were to gain power after the election.

Water found in abandoned coal mines has been identified as a 'new' source of renewable energy, following a two year study by Nottingham Trent University.

The Green Party has released its election manifesto for 2015, outlining that it would spend an extra £4 billion a year on recycling to ‘do away with damaging incineration and landfill’.

A new trade association for the UK bioeconomy, the Biobased and Biodegradable Industries Association, will officially launch next month.

The Material Security Working Group has written an open letter to party leaders calling on them to ‘publicly commit’ to establishing an Office for Resource Management.

Eighteen projects have made the finals of the European Week For Waste Reductions Awards 2015, which recognise waste-reduction projects carried out across Europe.

The Resource Association is calling on the next government to implement a new Resource Management and Circular Economy Act to improve resource efficiency and waste policy.

DCLG has released a report stating that local authorities could cumulatively save £70 million every year through more efficient bin procurement.