Newport’s Tip Shop recorded the most items saved from landfill ever for the month of October, all while improving the wellbeing of its volunteers, according to social enterprise Wastesavers.

Three quarters of the UK public want the government to ensure that businesses produce repairable and recyclable products, while 90 per cent believe that all packaging should be made recyclable, according to a new survey conducted by Cardiff University.

At the Circular Economy Hotspot 2018, an international conference this year held in Glasgow, it was announced that the city will be publishing Scotland’s first ‘Circular Economy Route Map’.

Reports from Zero Waste Scotland show how circular business practices could bring an economic boost of up to £1 billion for just two Scottish regions alone.

Clothes Doctor, a fashion repair and reuse startup, has launched a campaign for public investment and raised £100,000 in just a few hours.

Fourteen member states at risk of missing the EU’s 2020 recycling targets have been provided with action plans by Eunomia to get back on track.

Digital circular economy company Ditto Sustainability has been chosen to transform product reuse strategies for NHS Scotland through its artificial intelligence platform.

The world’s consumption of raw materials is set to double by 2060, with devastating environmental consequences, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

To celebrate International Repair Day on 20 October, here are five organisations at the forefront of the repair and reuse movement, encouraging people to opt out of society’s throwaway approach to our belongings.

New research shows that across the UK, fewer than one in 10 people attempt to repair or restore broken items, resulting in nearly 22 million small items of furniture being thrown away each year.