Defra has established food waste, urban recycling and the benefits of resource efficiency as ‘high-level’ R&D priorities in the department.

Gatwick Airport has formally opened a plant to burn Category 1 food and packaging waste from flights and produce power for the airport – a facility it says is a world first.

A behaviour change programme targeting sustainable eating and food waste prevention in London has announced nine boroughs that will be taking part in its initiative over the next two years.

The European Parliament has voted to take on proposals to raise the European recycling target to 70 per cent by 2030 and to determine a single calculation method for recycling rates ahead of negotiations for the EU’s Circular Economy Package.

A new CIWM report examines how advances in digital technology are changing how we consume and what impact that has on waste production and resource efficiency.

Businesses could save an equivalent of $14 for every $1 spent on reducing food waste, according to the latest report from global food waste coalition Champions 12.3 [https://champions123.org/].

Novamont's Tony Breton looks at where the UK stands on separately collected organic waste and how budgets are hindering their introduction in England.

It may not always feel like it when you’re four pancakes deep and have maple syrup all over the place, but Pancake Day is an event steeped in waste prevention… sort of.

An estimated £1 billion of food waste could be saved through changes to labelling and food packaging, according to a survey by WRAP.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including an appointment at Feedback, modernised recycling in Hackney, recycling for Sheffield Wednesday and a big night of catching Brighton fly-tippers.