England and Wales now have the same legal requirement for local authorities to separately collect certain dry recyclables – but uptake of separate collections in the two countries has been vastly different. Annie Kane finds out why

Isonomia’s Peter Jones does battle with Daily Mail misinformation, and presents a call to arms against pre-election attacks on recycling

Friends of the Earth Europe, part of the world’s largest environmental network, represents 31 national organisations and thousands of local groups at European level. Libby Peake caught up with its Resource Use Campaigner, Ariadna Rodrigo

Food waste reduction company Winnow Solutions has appointed Alan Parker CBE, the former CEO of leisure multinational Whitbread, to its board of directors.

A new Zero Waste Scotland report identifies five community-level activities that can prevent local litter problems.

A new photographic exhibition exploring the work of waste entrepreneurs in Africa is being held in London to highlight the work of the Living Earth Foundation.

Members of the waste and resources sector, including Cory Environmental, FCC Environment, Grundon, Veolia and Viridor, have developed new Trailblazer Apprenticeship standards to provide consistency across the industry.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Viridor landfill fire, Jayplas appointments, and Ed Davey cardboard cutouts.

Residual waste arisings in Swansea have dropped by 25 per cent in one year following the introduction of a three-bag waste limit.

Zero Waste Scotland is to fund a new Volunteer and Community Advocate Programme to recruit 1,000 ‘zero waste’ volunteers in Scotland.