Packaging compliance scheme Valpak has become the latest funding partner in the MetalMatters programme, a scheme to help councils boost the capture rates for metal packaging in kerbside recycling.

Philip Morton is to retire as CEO of compliance scheme REPIC at the end of the year, with former Viridor COO Mark Burrows-Smith taking his place.

Nottingham, Haringey, Sutton and Kettering have all rolled out a Charity Bin scheme this month as part of the second phase of testing of Keep Britain Tidy’s Bin it for Good initiative, which decreased litter in five out of seven trial areas last year.

Sainsbury’s has for the first time published data for its nationwide food waste generation, revealing that the supermarket cut its food waste by 10 per cent last year.

A new ‘pay-what-you-feel’ food surplus supermarket in Yorkshire is providing the public with the chance to grab unsold food from retailers and suppliers and prevent much-needed supplies from disappearing into the bin.

The Swedish government has proposed offering tax breaks on repairs for items like bikes, clothing and dishwashers as a way of encouraging the efficient use of natural resources.

ISWA has published a roadmap for closing the world’s biggest dumpsites, a ‘global health emergency’ accounting for around 40 per cent of the world’s waste and presenting severe health risks to the four billion people that use them.

To challenge the nation’s chewing gum etiquette, the Chewing Gum Action Group last week transformed a corner of Hackney into a ‘Litter Lounge’ – proving that the heart (of the city) is where the home is.

Scotland has edged closer to overtaking England’s recycling performance, after official statistics recorded a recycling rate of 44.3 per cent for 2015.

Scotland's circular economy ambitions and future relationship with the European Union are among the topics that will be covered at next month’s Scottish Resources Conference 2016.