Businesses and national litter groups have called for an advisory committee on litter to enable a coordinated, long-term plan in the fight against litter.

Supermarkets in France have agreed to a voluntary commitment to redistribute unsold food stocks, after measures were dropped from a law for ‘procedural’ reasons.

Use of single-use carrier bags in Northern Ireland has risen by 8.2 per cent from the figure recorded for the first year after introducing a carrier bag levy, according to Department of the Environment statistics.

Local authorities and businesses from Essex, Suffolk and Kent have joined together to fight litter and attempt to reform littering offenders.

High street retailer H&M has launched its inaugural Global Change Award, offering €1 million of funding to five innovative ideas addressing the issue of sustainability in fashion.

Supermarket chain Asda is to donate £360,000 made from the Welsh plastic bag charge to community groups in Wales, it has announced.

An amendment to an energy transition law that sought to ban French supermarkets from destroying unused edible food has been dropped for procedural reasons, but a new draft law has already been submitted to address the issue.

Delta Packaging Ltd and Huhtamaki Ltd, two Northern Irish suppliers of McDonald’s packaging, have partnered to reuse and recycle off-cuts from production.

Plastics recycler Jayplas has announced a £2.5-million investment in machinery to help it create more printed bags-for-life from its plastic waste.

The United Nations has agreed a draft for its 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, which seeks to halve global food waste, ‘substantially reduce waste generation’ and curb climate change.