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.

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.

Bayern Munich and Real Madrid will be taking to the pitch in kits made of recycled ocean plastic as part of Adidas’s partnership with the Parley for the Oceans charity.

The government has once again ruled out the possibility of imposing a 5p charge on disposable coffee cups handed out at high street retailers after calls by the Liberal Democrats.

Celebrity chef and waste campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has accused brands of ‘greenwashing’ responses to the burning issue of coffee cup waste, criticising in particular a campaign to increase high street recycling of takeaway cups.

A new set of guidelines on recycling is hoping to clear up once and for all what materials can and can’t be recycled at the kerbside in an attempt to remove the confusion holding back recycling the UK.

Scotland’s Environment Secretary has announced a targeted round of funding to help enterprise development bodies across Scotland speed up the shift towards a circular economy within their regions.

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.