The EC will launch the roadmap for its Circular Economy Package ‘within the next few weeks’, and consult on the topic ‘before summer’, according to Director-General for Environment Karl Falkenberg.

Four retailers have raised more than £1 million for charity via Scotland’s single-use carrier bag charge, which was introduced six months ago.

A week of events encouraging the use of reusable cloth nappies starts on Monday (20 April).

A new Zero Waste Scotland study has found that many people litter more than they admit, and are prepared to justify it in certain circumstances.

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

East Lothian Council is to introduce a new food waste service and switch from weekly to fortnightly waste collections in a bid to raise recycling rates.

Recycle for Wales has released a set of tips to help families reduce waste and save some money over the Easter weekend.

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

Simon Weston, the Director of Raw Materials at the Confederation of Paper Industries, has been appointed to Defra’s Advisory Committee on Packaging.

Defra has welcomed the EFRA Committee’s report into food security, but reiterates that WRAP and industry are ‘best placed to act’.