The project aims to understand how the material can be incorporated into services across different geographies and demographics

The funds will support the charity’s expansion, with projects in Cameroon, The Gambia and South Africa

The organisation endorsed decisions on the Renewable Energy Directive and the EU Emissions Trading System

The paper calls for a ‘legislative framework based on precautionary principles, transparency, and social and environmental justice’

Four projects will be awarded the £1m fund, to ‘design out’ waste

The service saved 24,023 tonnes of wood from the waste stream and 12,000 tonnes of CO2

It urges the end of waste and scrap exports to countries not meeting EU environment standards

Scottish National Investment Bank capital will help cover start-up costs for the scheme administrator

A round-up of news in the waste and resources industry

Industry estimates show a ‘$1 trillion global economic opportunity in transition to a circular plastic packaging value chain