A deposit return scheme for drinks containers will be introduced in England later this year subject to the results of a consultation, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed today (28 March).

A new Dutch collective with members from across industry, academia and government has been set up to help the country cut its food waste in half by 2030 in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove has assured MPs that Defra will be increasing its Brexit work streams from 43 to 70 in a letter to the Chair of Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC).

The UK is set to throw away a third more single-use coffee cups by 2030, according to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Eunomia Research & Consulting, which predicts the UK’s total plastic waste will increase by 20 per cent.

CIWM and WasteAid UK have called for the UK Government to increase aid for waste management in developing countries in order to prevent more plastic waste entering the oceans.

The European Commission has agreed on its proposal for a Circular Economy Monitoring Framework to track progress towards the EU’s circular economy goals, and has also released a rundown of the EU's progress up to this point.

The Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) has gained three new members representing the retail, glass and waste management sectors, including SUEZ UK’s Technical Director Stuart Hayward-Higham.

Defra’s proposed collection target for WEEE in 2018 is  lower than the missed 2017 target, triggering dismay from the industry.

Shops and businesses across London have signed up to take part in a trial scheme that offers free tap water ‘refills’ to members of the public as part of the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s efforts to tackle single-use plastic waste.

Wales could be set to target an 80 per cent municipal waste recycling rate by 2035, according to Welsh Minister for Environment Hannah Blythyn at the CIWM Resource Conference Cymru yesterday (14 March).