The Paper Cup Recovery & Recycling Group has appointed its executive board members and announced two initial projects.

WRAP Cymru and Carbon Trust are to deliver free efficiency advice under Resource Efficient Wales, after winning £1m framework contracts.

A circular economy and zero waste can be achieved through ‘supply chain collaboration’, finds DS Smith report.

The Scottish Government is to fund a new remanufacturing centre and a brokerage service for recyclates.

The annual Scottish Resources Conference, exploring resource efficiency and the circular economy, has begun in Glasgow.

The European Commission has launched a €143-million call for research projects that investigate reuse and remanufacturing.

Nearly 700 projects, including waste reduction programmes, have received grant funding under the 2014 Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund.

Resource Efficient Wales has been launched to provide individuals and businesses with advice on reducing waste, energy, and water.

Assembly Member for Newport East, John Griffiths AM, has opened Wastesavers’ new Reuse Centre in Newport.

Three-quarters of the body of the new Jaguar XE is made from recycled aluminium, making it ‘the most efficient Jaguar ever'.