MPs have expressed their concern at the future of EU-derived environmental policy in the government’s Brexit negotiations and have asked members of the government to clarify their position.

Increased demand for contract workers in the environmental sector has led Eunomia Research and Consulting to launch a new interim management service.

Eunomia Chairman Dominic Hogg reflects on how the British public’s decision to leave the EU will affect the waste and recycling industry, and what we must do to ensure we forge a forward-looking future.

Local government leaders must have a leading role in the negotiation of the UK’s exit from the European Union, says the Local Government Association.

Consultancy Oakdene Hollins is to move to Ireland and expand its Brussels office to mitigate risks of Brexit.

Improving the monitoring and data collection of food waste and loss is key to providing better insight into the scale and causes of the problem, according to the European Council.

Angus Evers, expert in waste law, reflects on the potential legal consequences for the waste and resource industry of the UK’s decision to leave the EU.

Kerry McCarthy has quit as Shadow Environment Secretary, stating that weak party leadership has put critical issues like the UK’s part in the Circular Economy Package at risk.

Figures from around the waste and resource sindustry have had their say on the impacts of Brexit and what must now be done to take the industry forward.

The European Commission is to take Slovakia to the EU Court of Justice over failures to act over an illegal landfill.