Angus Evers from King & Wood Mallesons considers whether the European Commission’s consultation on the circular economy is focusing on ever-decreasing circles

Wales’s Natural Resources Minister and Scotland’s Energy Minister have written a joint letter to UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd warning her that her renewables strategy ‘will significantly damage’ the renewables sector.

Landowners are being urged by the Environment Agency to be mindful of their responsibilities regarding illegal waste storage after 100,000 tyres and 3,000 cubic metres of plastic bales were removed from sites.

Glasgow City Council is to provide food waste recycling bins to 300,000 local homes over the next two years in order to comply with Scottish waste regulations.

Croydon Council are to fine Veolia after an average of 1,800 collections per week were missed following the implementation of a new collection system in June.

A new Zero Waste Scotland-backed communal working space and sharing facility that helps fashion and textiles professionals work sustainably will open today in Edinburgh.

England's recycling rate hit 44.8 per cent in the calendar year 2014, up by just 0.6 per cent on the year before, provisional statistics from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs show.

The Waste & Resources Action Programme and Valpak have announced that they are to undertake new research into paper and card packaging flows.

The Government of Ireland has allocated €690,000 through the 2015 Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme to help local authorities raise awareness of environmental pollution.

The introduction of a three-weekly residual waste kerbside collection system in Bury has seen the recycling rate jump by eight per cent in just two months, the council says.