A new report by the Green Alliance identifies the advantages of switching to circular business models to deliver risk-adjusted returns.

Karl Falkenberg is to be made Senior Adviser for Sustainable Development at the European Commission, with Daniel Calleja stepping into his role as Director-General for Environment.

Waste and by-products from fish, beer, and whisky businesses could boost the Scottish economy by up to £800 million a year if better utilised, finds Zero Waste Scotland.

The Welsh Government has awarded WRAP Cymru £9 million of grant funding, as part of a £22-million funding pot from the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate.

A new EU-wide campaign is calling on the European Commission to include an obligation in its revised Circular Economy Package for supermarkets to donate their unsold food to charity.

Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister Mark H Durkan says he is ‘considering’ introducing a money-back system on drinks bottles to improve recycling.

Scotland’s Zero Waste Taskforce will release a household recycling charter in summer to make collections ‘more consistent’.

Business Secretary Sajid Javid MP has announced plans to privatise the Green Investment Bank (GIB) by selling off the majority of the government’s shares over the next five years.

Food waste should be a ‘top priority’ in the European Commission’s revised Circular Economy Package, WRAP CEO Liz Goodwin tells Resourcing the Future 2015 Conference.

The Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking has approved funding for 10 projects totaling €120 million (£86 million) to boost the European bioeconomy.