The coronavirus pandemic means Earth Overshoot Day has fallen just under a month later than last year, and Global Footprint Network has developed new solutions to continue to #MoveTheDate.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is set to introduce legally-binding targets for waste and other environmental issue areas as part of the government’s Environment Bill.

Collection targets for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for the second quarter of 2020 have been missed, according to provisional data released by the Environment Agency (EA).

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released two policy papers on monitoring and evaluation of the government’s Resources and Waste Strategy for England.

The European Suppliers of Waste-To-Energy Technology (ESWET) has released a policy briefing highlighting the need for any revision to the EU Waste Shipment Regulation to continue to allow the shipment of waste for energy recovery.

Self-reported food waste has increased by 30 per cent as lockdown continues to ease in the UK, according to WRAP, which has launched a new campaign to encourage good food waste habits.

A new study by think-tanks Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ estimates that plastic pollution in the ocean could triple by 2040.

Italian bioplastics company Novamont has received B Corp Certification, part of a global movement which aims to put more emphasis on social and environmental responsibility in business.

94 per cent of Amazon shoppers in the UK are concerned about plastic pollution and want plastic-free packaging options, according to a new survey by ocean conservation organisation Oceana.

With only four per cent of soft flexible plastic packaging currently recycled, a new roadmap has been released by WRAP to create a circular economy for these materials.