With Zero Waste Week 2020 currently ongoing (7-11 September), Resource spoke to Anna Pitt from Zero Waste Week about this year’s food waste theme and societal attitudes towards zero waste.

Resource spoke to Anna Queralt Fuentes, Engagement Manager at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF), about the newly released Circular Design Toolkit and the wider implications of circular design.

A new report by think tank Carbon Tracker and consultancy SYSTEMIQ has found that global efforts to tackle climate change and plastic waste could result in £300 billion of stranded petrochemical assets for the oil industry.

UK supermarket Tesco has teamed up with behaviour change charity to launch its ‘No Time for Waste Challenge’, which will target the 6.6 million tonnes of food waste generated by UK households each year.

The latest collection figures for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for the second quarter of 2020 have been missed due to the severe disruption caused by coronavirus, according to data released by the Environment Agency (EA).

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that it will be extending the plastic bag charge in England to all retailers from April 2021 as part of its ‘war on plastic waste’.

The Environment Agency (EA) has announced that it will be increasing storage limits at waste transfer stations under its new standard rules permits, with details revealed in a consultation response document on Monday (24 August).

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Plastics Pact network has expanded into the US, with a new national Plastics Pact launching on Tuesday (25 August).

Eunomia Research and Consulting has announced that it will be providing technical support to Zero Waste Scotland and the National Bed Federation (NBF) on a project to assess extended producer responsibility (EPR) approach to improve mattress circularity in Scotland.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is to consult on a revised Waste Management Plan for England, though it is not currently proposing any new policies.