Fifteen US companies have pledged to reduce their food loss and waste by 50 per cent by 2030.

Speaking to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Tristram Stuart have called for supermarkets to provide greater transparency on their food waste.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a school food waste initiative, smart bin success and an anti-littering poster.

Co-Leader of the Green Party has tabled an early day motion calling for the introduction of a bottle deposit return scheme (DRS) as part of the National Litter Strategy.

Five leading fashion brands and retailers have become the first to sign up to the European Clothing Action Plan, a Europe-wide strategy to reduce the carbon, water and waste footprints of the fashion industry.

The European Commission has promised action to make products more durable, repairable, and recyclable as a new study shows just how smart design can transform products.

Sainsbury’s has announced a further £1 million of funding for towns and cities across the UK as part of its Waste less, Save more initiative to fight food waste.

Industry groups have both supported and criticised Waste Minister Therese Coffey’s move to reject a proposal by the Liberal Democrats to bring in a 5p charge on disposable coffee cups to reduce waste.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including new appointments at Biffa and Cromwell Polythene, and the opening of a new EfW facility in Buckinghamshire.

Green City Solutions, a German start-up creating urban air purification installations, has beaten off five other circular companies to win this year’s Green Alley Award.