Central government will end new public subsidies for onshore wind farms from 1 April 2016, but Scotland's Energy Minister warns the move could be subject to judicial review.

The European Parliament Environment Committee has voted through a draft report on the circular economy, which calls on the European Commission to increase recycling targets to ‘at least’ 70 per cent.

Plastics 2020 and WRAP have launched the Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan at the Plastics Recycling Expo in Telford.

The European Commission has launched a consultation on ‘the nature and the extent of regulatory failures causing undue distortions to EU waste markets for recycling and recovery’.

Liz Goodwin has been recognised with an OBE ‘for services to Business Resource Efficiency and the Environment’ in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2015.

Bristol City Council has announced that it has ‘mutually agreed’ with its waste contractor Kier to terminate the current waste collection and street cleansing contract.

Plans by Peel Environmental to develop a £65-million Timber Resource Recovery Centre in Barnsley have been given the green light by Barnsley Council.

Scotland’s Environment Secretary has launched a social media campaign to promote the repair, reuse and remanufacturing of goods to kick-start the circular economy.

Zero Waste Scotland has launched the second phase of its ‘kite mark’ accreditation, aiming to improve health and safety standards.

Global paints and chemicals company AkzoNobel has called on the UK government to standardise waste management infrastructure to facilitate the creation of a ‘closed-loop’ system for recycling unused paints.