Hospitality organisations that have signed up to the Hospitality and Food Service Agreement reduced CO2e emissions by 3.6 per cent between 2012 and 2014, according to the initiative’s second annual progress report.

Bridgend County Borough Council is considering taking up monthly residual waste collections in a bid to boost its recycling rate.

Lee Marshall, Chief Executive Officer of the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC), gives a resident’s eye view of a three-weekly collection system.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new MRF, a recycling initiative to help the homeless, a zero waste map and a waste time capsule.

Members of the French Parliament have confrimed their support for food waste action after voting unanimously to adopt a bill requiring supermarkets to donate unused food to charity yesterday.

Existing finance of €24 billion will be extended to support circular economy projects and the realisation of EU climate goals, the European Commission announced yesterday.

Tesco has reported a 78 per cent reduction in the amount of carrier bags used in English stores since the implementation of the carrier bag charge on 5 October.

Recycle Now is encouraging consumers to recycle the 290,000 tonnes of card packaging that will be used in the UK this Christmas, with six festive recycling tips.

Work has begun on a first-ever national litter strategy that ‘will put in place a coherent clean-up plan for England’, the government has announced.

A new social platform designed to fix the logistical problem of redistributing surplus food from retailers and supermarkets to local charities and food banks launched yesterday.