The European Commission has invested over €220 million in 144 green and low-carbon projects in Member States.

Environment secretary Andrea Leadsom says that environmental legislation won’t be ‘watered down’ following the UK’s departure from the European Union and that the government’s ‘very clear’ goals on waste are not dependent on EU membership.

The potential for a post-Brexit shake-up of the UK’s packaging waste compliance system has been investigated in a report commissioned by the Environmental Services Association.

European Environment Ministers have been urged to keep faith with ‘ambitious’ recycling targets for Europe after opposition emerged from countries including Germany and the UK.

The future of the waste and resources sector ‘hangs in the balance’ after the Conservative Party Conference, where Therese Coffey questioned the effectiveness of the landfill tax.

A ‘world-first’ industrial-scale facility to create a chemical intermediate for plastic production from renewable sources has opened, as CEP Rapporteur Simone Bonafe calls for the mainstreaming of the circular economy approach.

An urgent ‘measures-led’ rethink is needed to address the growing marine plastic problem and not more targets, according to Eunomia.

FCC Environment's Kristian Dales argues that now is the time to address historic system constraints in the waste industry.

The Swedish government has proposed offering tax breaks on repairs for items like bikes, clothing and dishwashers as a way of encouraging the efficient use of natural resources.

A ban on disposable plastic utensils from 2020 established by the French Government last month has been criticised by a trade association for breaching EU trade laws.