The Department for Communities and Local Government is set to abandon its campaign for weekly waste collections due departmental spending cuts, according to reports.

Oxfordshire County Council may ask the government to review its policy on providing household waste recycling centres for free, depending on the outcome of a debate on Tuesday.

Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East, will introduce a bill to Parliament next week to address the unsustainable levels of waste within the food industry.

Spaniard Daniel Calleja has taken over at the European Commission's Directorate-General of Environment after a reshuffle by President Jean-Claude Juncker.

If the 2.6 million tonnes of refuse-derived fuel exported from the UK in 2014 were processed domestically, it would contribute just 0.8 per cent to renewable electricity generation, says a new RDF Export Industry Group report.

Veolia has sold off the last of its stakes in the Israeli market after a seven-year pro-Palestinian campaign that saw it lose an estimated £13 billion in tenders.

The Environment Agency has received funding worth around £470,000 from the European Union to go towards tackling environmental crime.

Businesses and national litter groups have called for an advisory committee on litter to enable a coordinated, long-term plan in the fight against litter.

Rochdale Borough Council has finalised plans to change to three-weekly collections of recycling and residual waste after only 295 residents responded to a consultation.

The Waste & Resources Action Programme has highlighted a need for a ‘whole-systems’ vision for the EU’s upcoming Circular Economy Package, as well as a focus on food waste and innovative business models.