The Great British Beach Clean, the Marine Conservation Society’s annual clean-up and analysis of coastal litter, takes place 18-21 September and is seeking volunteers.

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.

England's recycling rate hit 44.8 per cent in the calendar year 2014, up by just 0.6 per cent on the year before, provisional statistics from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs show.

The Waste & Resources Action Programme and Valpak have announced that they are to undertake new research into paper and card packaging flows.

The introduction of a three-weekly residual waste kerbside collection system in Bury has seen the recycling rate jump by eight per cent in just two months, the council says.

WRAP's annual report warns that the fall in price of oil ‘threatens to undermine the viability’ of markets for recycled plastics.

Britain could hit its 50 per cent recycling target with stricter waste laws for companies, organisations and schools in England, according to BusinessWaste.co.uk.

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’.

Households in East Devon will receive residual waste collections every three weeks next month, as part of a new trial collection service.