The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has launched a new £300,000 fund for London boroughs wishing to create ‘social supermarkets’ to reduce food waste and support those in food poverty.

The joint conference between CIWM, ESA and the Resource Association is to consider the gap between the waste sector’s circular economy ambitions and the reality influenced by austerity.

Zero Waste Scotland is calling for evidence on how a deposit-return scheme for drinks packaging could work in Scotland, following on from the release of a report into the subject.

The Environment Agency has published new technical guidance on classifying and assessing waste, ahead of changes to the List of Waste and Hazardous Waste criteria, which will apply from June.

Up to 90 per cent of the world’s waste electronic and electrical equipment is illegally traded or dumped, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.

Swindon Borough Council is calling on those impacted by last year’s fire at Averies Recycling to submit details of the experience to a special inquiry so that ‘lessons can be learned for the future’.

The Welsh Government has introduced a new Environment (Wales) Bill, which includes a ban on incinerating recyclable materials.

The Conservative MP for Penrith and The Border, Rory Stewart, has replaced Dan Rogerson as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

GMB members working as refuse drivers for the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Council will strike for a further 22 days between 13 May and 7 June over loss in overtime.

Friends of the Earth has reiterated its call for government to review resource use, after evaluating the embodied land and water use in products.