The Resource Association is amongst the organisations warning that progress made on environmental issues would be lost should the UK decide to leave the European Union.

Michal Len, Director of RREUSE, an organisation representing European social enterprises promoting reuse, repair and recycling, assesses the Circular Economy Package’s reuse credentials.

Arash Derambarsh’s food waste law has been passed unanimously by the French parliament. Here, he reflects on the campaign and what is next in the fight against food waste.

Nearly a year after the initial Circular Economy Package was withdrawn, the European Commission launched a revised proposal in December. Resource discussed the new package with European Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella

The French parliament has adopted a series of measures against food waste today, after the Senate unanimously voted through a bill forcing supermarkets to take action.

A group including four former chairs of UK environment agencies has written to Environment Secretary Liz Truss highlighting the risks to the environment if Britain leaves the EU.

Ray Georgeson, delivering the 2016 Kit Strange Memorial Lecture, yesterday called for more united lobbying by recycling industries and ‘an active and enabling state’ to improve the sector’s prospects.

Mandatory separate collection systems for the main recyclable material streams and biowaste should be established in all EU member states, says a study published by the European Commission last week.

A new coalition has been launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos to ‘inspire ambition and mobilise action’ to reduce food waste and loss globally.

Better waste and resource management could keep global warming below two degrees Celsius, but its role has been underplayed in COP21 discussions, WRAP CEO Liz Goodwin said today.