As London’s first Library of Things celebrates its first birthday, could community schemes sharing expensive and rarely-used equipment offer a glimpse into the future of how we handle household items?

A route map to turn London into one of the world’s most resource efficient cities has been launched by LWARB, calling on stakeholders from local government to community groups to carry out a range of actions targeting five key areas including food waste and plastics.

The Real Junk Food Project is under investigation after West Yorkshire Trading Standards claimed to have found over 400 out-of-date items in the charity’s warehouse in Leeds.

Approved Food founder Dan Cluderay tells Resource how he’s turning would-be food waste back into a profit with his online clearance food and drink store.

BSI has launched the world’s first circular economy standard, BS 8001, to aid businesses and organizations of all sizes in the transition to a circular economy.

Sainsbury’s has announced that it intends to rollout its ‘Waste less, Save more’ programme across the UK, investing funds in education and innovative initiatives to combat food waste.

Community water refill schemes could be a viable approach for tackling plastic pollution. Bristol is setting an example for other cities with a new drinking fountain in its city centre.

The government should establish a national food waste reduction target, with retailers forced to publish figures on their food waste, after a voluntary approach has proved ‘inadequate’, says Parliament’s EFRA Committee.

MEPs have called on the EU to step up its actions on fighting food waste, unanimously agreeing proposals around making redistribution of surplus food easier and imposing labelling improvements on products.

The government’s new Litter Strategy for England has been widely well-received, though some concerns about funding, the role of EPR and implications on waste management have been voiced.