The Liberal Democrats would set a 70 per cent recycling target for England, and introduce an incineration tax, if they were voted into power.

Water found in abandoned coal mines has been identified as a 'new' source of renewable energy, following a two year study by Nottingham Trent University.

The Green Party has released its election manifesto for 2015, outlining that it would spend an extra £4 billion a year on recycling to ‘do away with damaging incineration and landfill’.

A round-up of news from the waste and resource industry, including frozen billboards and hydrogen cars.

A new trade association for the UK bioeconomy, the Biobased and Biodegradable Industries Association, will officially launch next month.

The Material Security Working Group has written an open letter to party leaders calling on them to ‘publicly commit’ to establishing an Office for Resource Management.

Fashion retailer H&M and sports retailer PUMA partner with reprocessing company Worn Again to establish the viability of ‘closed loop’ textile recycling.

Eighteen projects have made the finals of the European Week For Waste Reductions Awards 2015, which recognise waste-reduction projects carried out across Europe.

Car manufacturer DeLorean is calling for Kickstarter donations to help fund the development of a waste-powered car.

The Resource Association is calling on the next government to implement a new Resource Management and Circular Economy Act to improve resource efficiency and waste policy.