The Welsh Government and the county of Rhondda Cynon Taf have called on local businesses to come up with innovative new solutions to allow every part of the mattress to be recycled as part of a competition this winter.

The Environmental Audit Committee has called for the Treasury to take a long-term view of sustainability, after ‘riding roughshod’ over departments and cancelling environmental programmes at short notice.

Speaking to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Tristram Stuart have called for supermarkets to provide greater transparency on their food waste.

The Department of Health has announced that it will review the impact of marine microplastics on human health, in response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s inquiry on microplastic pollution.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a school food waste initiative, smart bin success and an anti-littering poster.

Co-Leader of the Green Party has tabled an early day motion calling for the introduction of a bottle deposit return scheme (DRS) as part of the National Litter Strategy.

Bidwell Metals Ltd will close its scrapyard in Radstock, Somerset, after a judicial review deemed residents’ noise complaints to be sufficient to force its closure.

The European Commission has promised action to make products more durable, repairable, and recyclable as a new study shows just how smart design can transform products.

The European Commission has invested over €220 million in 144 green and low-carbon projects in Member States.

The Environment Agency is investigating the possibility of a link between lorry-loads of waste that have been dumped in 20 locations across Essex.