The European Parliament Environment Committee has voted through a draft report on the circular economy, which calls on the European Commission to increase recycling targets to ‘at least’ 70 per cent.

The European Commission has launched a consultation on ‘the nature and the extent of regulatory failures causing undue distortions to EU waste markets for recycling and recovery’.

Arash Derambarsh, whose campaign led to legislation ensuring French supermarkets donate unwanted food, tells us about the law and his plans to take on European food waste.

Sustainable consumption and production is the theme of World Environment Day 2015 (5 June), organised by the United Nations Environment Programme.

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on how the EU can achieve better international ocean governance and sustainably promote ‘blue growth’.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including tyre recycling, EWWR Awards, LitterARTI, and fly-tipping prosecutions.

A delegation from the European Commission has taken part in a workshop this week to broker co-operation that could help create a new supply chain in the bio-based industry.

Resources & Waste UK has released a manifesto for 2015, which calls for the new UK government to be ‘proactively engaged’ in circular economy policy making.

West Scotland MSP Stuart McMillan has written to the Scottish Government calling on it to ban large supermarkets from disposing of unsold food items.

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the measures it should implement in its revised Circular Economy Package to bring about sustainability.