Portland, Oregon, is a regular feature at the top of American and worldwide green city lists, but how are the residents of the city driving sustainability?

The French Government is set to ban the destruction of unsold non-food goods as part of new legislation on the circular economy, though concerns have been raised that it does not go far enough.

A new website has been launched by Zero Waste Scotland to provide businesses across Scotland with the tools they need to switch to circular economy business models.

A number of fashion retailers have signed up to a new project to develop circular business models and reduce the environmental impact of their operations.

Circular economy network Zero Waste Europe has developed a new waste management hierarchy that it says puts the focus on resources instead of waste.

Compliance scheme Valpak has won Shropshire Council’s tender for the collection and treatment of household waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

Since its inception in 1993, Community RePaint has been working to reuse as much leftover paint as possible, redistributing 5.5 million litres to community organisations and low-income individuals at affordable prices, and providing training opportunities for people out of work up and down the country.

The Nappy (Environmental Standards) Bill has been launched in Parliament designed to promote the use of reusable nappies.

Londoners have saved over 750,000 items of clothing from landfill in six months through textile reuse charity TRAID.

With global resource use predicted to double by 2060 if trends continue, Global Recycling Day is aiming to shine a light on the power of education to change public attitudes towards recycling and consumption.