Apple has agreed to pay $450,000 to California regulators amid accusations of mishandling of electronic waste in its Silicon Valley facilities.

Europe has reached a ‘turning point’ in the ‘absurd unethical and anti-economic situation’ of food waste, according to Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis.

A new bill detailing plans to devolve the landfill disposals tax to Wales from April 2018 is due to be laid out before the Welsh National Assembly.

A round up of news from the waste and resources sector including new bins for Croydon, global growth in the AD industry, investment in the European paper industry and more.

Fifteen US companies have pledged to reduce their food loss and waste by 50 per cent by 2030.

Today’s Autumn Statement should drive resource efficiency and sustainability for the UK economy, says the ESA.

A 73-year old businessman from Middlesbrough has been given a suspended sentence after negligent environmental practices caused a waste fire that destroyed his firm.

Co-Leader of the Green Party has tabled an early day motion calling for the introduction of a bottle deposit return scheme (DRS) as part of the National Litter Strategy.

Industry groups have both supported and criticised Waste Minister Therese Coffey’s move to reject a proposal by the Liberal Democrats to bring in a 5p charge on disposable coffee cups to reduce waste.

Funding of £400,000 from the Northern Irish carrier bag levy is to be made available to support small-scale environmental projects aimed at improving the local environment and boosting civic pride, ahead of a review of the charge next year.