Community-based waste management projects are the key to tackling the global waste crisis, new CIWM President Professor David Wilson said at his inauguration.

As research shows a third of young North Londoners don’t recycle, a new campaign goes back to the future in order to ‘Save Our Stuff’.

With new technology creating new ways of interacting and creating partnerships, an increasing number of companies around the world are turning to digital platforms for more efficient waste management.

The Mayor of London’s draft Environment Strategy for London must put more emphasis on waste avoidance and reducing single-use packaging, according to the London Waste and Recycling Board.

Used batteries containing valuable metals are being wasted in UK homes; a new campaign wants people to ‘Bring Back Heavy Metal’ and get recycling.

The Danish Fashion Institute has launched a new online tool to help clothing designers and product developers to design and produce clothes more sustainably, in order to reduce textiles waste.

Prevention and recycling must underpin the EU’s plastics strategy to reduce marine plastics pollution, according to EU Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella.

Increased refurbishment and remanufacture in the European furniture sector could create up to 157,000 jobs and save around six million tonnes of CO2 emissions, according to a study by the European Environmental Bureau.

Selfridges has announced that it will be upcycling used coffee cups from its food hall and headquarters into its iconic yellow shopping bags.

Online sellers should be legally required to take on the duties of ‘producer’ under the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive amid accusations of freeriding, say WEEE collection and recycling associations.