Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead is meeting with his UK counterpart, Liz Truss, to discuss the potential of bringing in a deposit-return scheme for drinks packaging.

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.

The European Environmental Bureau has launched a new campaign promoting better product design, reuse, and recycling, in a bid to reduce waste and boost resource security.

The European Commission will launch a public consultation on its revised circular economy package tomorrow, according to Defra’s Colin Church.

A man has been handed a seven-month prison sentence for illegally operating a waste facility near Burton-upon-Trent.

French supermarkets will no longer be able to destroy or dispose of unused food, after the French National Assembly passes new amendments to a green energy law.

The Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland has recommended the Northern Ireland Environment Agency develop a ‘more rigorous’ approach to dealing with environmental crime.

Waste management company Alex Smiles Ltd has entered into administration after having its environmental permit suspended, with 50 staff being made redundant.

A van used to illegally dump waste has been crushed by Croydon Council and displayed across the borough as a ‘warning’ to other potential fly-tippers.