Californian fruit preservation company Apeel Sciences has announced that it is trialling its edible fruit coating technology in Asda, to reduce the amount of fruit and vegetables thrown away.

After being convicted of breaching waste export regulations in June for sending contaminated waste to China, Biffa has announced that it will be appealing the court’s decision and contests the latest charges against it relating to the export of waste to Indonesia and India.

Ennomotive has launched an engineering competition to find new ways of reprocessing waste mining materials into glass.

Scotland’s 2019/20 Programme for Government has outlined plans to introduce a Circular Economy Bill, as part of the country’s ambition to achieve net zero emissions by 2045.

A landfill site in South London is being transformed into grassland by waste management company Viridor.

Sheffield is trialling innovative electric bin lorries powered by the city’s waste in a bid to improve air quality and reduce carbon emissions.

Environment Agency household WEEE collection figures for the second quarter of 2019 show that the UK is falling far behind its WEEE collection target for 2019.

Four out of five Scottish residents back the Scottish Government’s proposed model for a deposit return scheme, with environmental protection their primary motivation.

Each tonne of RDF diverted from the Netherlands as a result of its proposed tax on the import of waste will result in an additional 261 kilogrammes of CO2e emissions, according to a briefing note published by the RDF Industry Group.

Outsourced waste management and recycling services provider Reconomy will use API technology to link its customer portal with BRE’s SmartWaste software.