As drone use takes off, it’s only a matter of time before they find their place in waste management. In fact, they can already be seen flying over landfills and cropland, monitoring waste, with more applications sure to follow.

Flexible laminated packaging has been a boon for manufacturers, but a challenge for recycling companies. Annie Kane discovers an innovation in technology that could change all that

A round-up of some of the more unusual stories coming out of the waste and resources world...

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.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Taylor bins fire-retardant lid, Grundon/Viridor contract, and London Borough of Newham fly-tipping app.

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.

The United Nations has agreed a draft for its 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, which seeks to halve global food waste, ‘substantially reduce waste generation’ and curb climate change.

The London Waste and Recycling Board has announced that it is to invest up to £3 million into a private equity fund to help ‘accelerate the move to a circular economy in London’.

Somerset Waste Partnership is asking waste treatment suppliers to suggest alternatives to landfill, in the hope of reducing the £12 million it spends on waste disposal.

Zero Waste Scotland is offering commercial and third-sector organisations awards of up to £100,000 to trial collections for remanufacture and reuse.