Smart product design holds the key to erasing waste and creating a more circular economy. Edward Perchard talks to a host of experts about ecodesign, extended producer responsibility, and what's holding us back.

The association representing the UK packaging industry is searching for a new director after Jane Bickerstaffe announced that she is to retire after 17 years in the role.

A campaign led by top London chefs to ban polystyrene packaging is misguided, and should instead be focused on creating better collection systems from restaurants, says the Recycling Association.

A group of 36 national and European associations has called for the Circular Economy Package to recognise the function of packaging and safeguard the free movement of packaging in the EU’s internal market.

Prominent chefs including Ed Baines and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall have called on Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to ban polystyrene packaging to improve London’s recycling and protect marine life.

Recycling levels of wood, paper and card packaging is lower than previously thought says the Waste & Resources Action Programme, after it increased its estimates of the amount placed on the market.

The fight against the UK’s 10 million tonnes of annual food waste is to get ‘fresh messaging’ and ‘engaging campaigns’ following the development of a ‘Joint Ambition for a Zero Food Waste Britain’ by Hubbub and Unilever.

Starbucks is to carry out testing on a new paper cup that aims to provide a solution to the almost 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups that go unrecycled in the UK every year.

Car manufacturer Ford is partnering with Jose Cuervo to turn tequila waste into new bioplastics to make car parts.

A new website aiming to showcase the best anti-litter campaigns from around the world has been launched today to provide councils and businesses with ‘a source of inspiration to fight litter’.