Activities regarding waste and resources will be brought “somewhat to a pause” following Tuesday’s announcement of a snap election, Resources Minister Therese Coffey admitted yesterday at a session of the EFRA Committee.

The National Federation of Women’s Institutes has launched a new campaign focusing on fighting food waste and food poverty, titled ‘Food Matters’.

Leading UK anaerobic digestion operator Biogen’s portfolio of AD plants has been acquired by Ancala Bioenergy, after joint venture partners Bedfordia Group and Kier Group confirmed its sale.

MEPs have called on the EU to step up its actions on fighting food waste, unanimously agreeing proposals around making redistribution of surplus food easier and imposing labelling improvements on products.

Defra has established food waste, urban recycling and the benefits of resource efficiency as ‘high-level’ R&D priorities in the department.

Gatwick Airport has formally opened a plant to burn Category 1 food and packaging waste from flights and produce power for the airport – a facility it says is a world first.

A behaviour change programme targeting sustainable eating and food waste prevention in London has announced nine boroughs that will be taking part in its initiative over the next two years.

The European Parliament has voted to take on proposals to raise the European recycling target to 70 per cent by 2030 and to determine a single calculation method for recycling rates ahead of negotiations for the EU’s Circular Economy Package.

A new CIWM report examines how advances in digital technology are changing how we consume and what impact that has on waste production and resource efficiency.

Businesses could save an equivalent of $14 for every $1 spent on reducing food waste, according to the latest report from global food waste coalition Champions 12.3 [https://champions123.org/].