Until a new national planning policy is approved, local authorities will be given a notification direction

The consultation seeks news from food businesses and food waste-focused NGOs in particular

The MP emphasised Defra’s desire to ‘make recycling easier’ across England

Say No said that the report was ‘music to their ears’, with findings cautioning the approval of the Killoch incinerator

The consultation will focus on the setting of food waste reduction targets, amongst other issues

In a letter to Minister Jo Churchill, the association criticised the exclusion of compostable products from new recycling legislation

The initiative follows several successful intervention trials, one yielding a 61.9 per cent increase in food waste caddies out for collection

The project aims to understand how the material can be incorporated into services across different geographies and demographics

England, Scotland and Northern Ireland all failed to meet the 50 per cent target

The review explores whether the country’s residual waste lines up with its carbon reduction ambitions