Trade unions are calling on SITA Sembcorp UK to put a stop to ‘exploitative employment practices’ they claim to have witnessed at the Wilton 11 energy-from-waste development site in Teesside.

High street fashion brand H&M is taking steps to ‘close the loop’ on its products worldwide by introducing 16 new denim styles using recycled cotton from textiles collected in stores.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is taking steps to improve compliance of aluminium reprocessors, following a shortfall in PRNs issued towards tatutory business targets for 2015.

The public consultation on the European Commission’s Circular Economy package ended on Thursday, with some groups publishing their responses.

An amendment to an energy transition law that sought to ban French supermarkets from destroying unused edible food has been dropped for procedural reasons, but a new draft law has already been submitted to address the issue.

The Scottish Government has launched a public consultation into the possibility of a circular economy in Scotland.

Defra has changed the definition of a ‘portable’ battery to one under 4kg, rectifying a ‘grey area’ in reporting but increasing costs of compliance for producers.

Delta Packaging Ltd and Huhtamaki Ltd, two Northern Irish suppliers of McDonald’s packaging, have partnered to reuse and recycle off-cuts from production.

The operator of an illegal waste site in Darlington has been ordered to pay £350,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act – a figure that could rise to almost £1.2 million should he come into future assets.

Green Alliance says the EU’s Circular Economy Package must improve design and promote demand for reused and recycled products.