The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has partnered with the International Baccalaureate to work on embedding circular economy teaching into the IB curriculum.

Funding of £400,000 from the Northern Irish carrier bag levy is to be made available to support small-scale environmental projects aimed at improving the local environment and boosting civic pride, ahead of a review of the charge next year.

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.

Funding of £1.5 million is to be made available for businesses and research institutions working in the bioeconomy in Scotland to support innovative work that will help deliver circular economy growth.

Professor Margaret Bates, the new President of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, has prioritised action on waste prevention and reuse for the coming year, as a report on the state of reuse in the UK is launched at her inauguration.

European Environment Ministers have been urged to keep faith with ‘ambitious’ recycling targets for Europe after opposition emerged from countries including Germany and the UK.

A new social experiment in Manchester is to test a series of bins to see if the collection of coffee cups could be effectively recycled into new products.

Councils could save around £300 million every year if producers of the most littered products were made to pay levies towards their clean-up, says the Environmental Services Association (ESA).

A week to raise funds for sustainable waste management activities in communities with no formal waste management has been set up for November by WasteAid 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.