Liz Goodwin will join the World Resources Institute in September as a Senior Fellow and Director after leaving WRAP this week.

Research into converting waste potatoes into gels that could be used in pharmaceutical, beauty and home products is seeking to turn the millions of tonnes of vegetables thrown away each year into a manufacturing resource.

A prototype barrier designed by The Ocean Cleanup to catch marine litter in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is to be deployed in the North Sea this week.

Two Northern Irish AD plants have received government-backed funds for pioneering work using poultry litter.

A crowdfunded project to ‘redesign the coffin’ into a pod that grows into a tree has reached 30 per cent of its goal, with 10 days left to pledge

Revellers attending Glastonbury this weekend will be able to test-run a urinal that hopes to bring sustainable power to refugee camps.

European environment ministers are to meet on Monday to approve a document setting out changes and points of emphasis in the Circular Economy Action Plan.

Keep Britain Tidy has developed a new award to recognise the creation of clean environments after a survey found that many are unhappy with the cleanliness of their neighbourhood.

This week saw members of the waste and resources industry from across the country descend on London for two days of discussion on the sector's hot topics. The EU referendum, the future of food waste, the Circular Economy Package and producer responsibility were all on the agenda. Here are some of the things that we learned.

WRAP has announced that Marcus Gover will take over as Chief Executive when Liz Goodwin steps down at the end of the month.