The European Commission has launched a public consultation on how the EU can achieve better international ocean governance and sustainably promote ‘blue growth’.

Environmental taxes provided £44.6 billion to the UK economy in 2014, with landfill tax contributing £1.1 billion, according to a report by the Office of National Statistics.

A new pilot scheme announced by Tesco, in partnership with charity FareShare and social enterprise FoodCloud, will see the supermarket’s surplus food sent to charities instead of landfill.

Authorities visit businesses in Boston, Lincolnshire to clamp down on illegal vehicle and scrap metal dealers in the area.

A Rotherham-based metal recycling firm, CF Booth Ltd, has been fined £15,000 for safety failings after a young worker was seriously injured by unguarded machinery.

Fife Council has become the fifth local authority to sign up to Scotland’s Resource Sector Commitment.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has appointed Rory Stewart MP as minister responsible for ‘resource and environmental management’.

Food waste recycling company ReFood has completed a £6-million expansion project at its anaerobic digestion facility in Doncaster.

Members of the public are being invited to attend public exhibitions about the new Edmonton EcoPark in Enfield, which will burn up to 700,000 tonnes of waste a year.

DS Smith Group has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Duropack.