Research into converting waste potatoes into gels that could be used in pharmaceutical, beauty and home products is seeking to turn the millions of tonnes of vegetables thrown away each year into a manufacturing resource.

Two Northern Irish AD plants have received government-backed funds for pioneering work using poultry litter.

A crowdfunded project to ‘redesign the coffin’ into a pod that grows into a tree has reached 30 per cent of its goal, with 10 days left to pledge

The EU’s Committee of Regions has called for the EU to adopt a common food waste reduction target to meet the economic, environmental and social challenges caused by the waste.

Revellers attending Glastonbury this weekend will be able to test-run a urinal that hopes to bring sustainable power to refugee camps.

Tesco Chief Dave Lewis has called on other companies to be more transparent about their food waste, after the store recorded significant increases in its own figures.

This week saw members of the waste and resources industry from across the country descend on London for two days of discussion on the sector's hot topics. The EU referendum, the future of food waste, the Circular Economy Package and producer responsibility were all on the agenda. Here are some of the things that we learned.

‘Small changes can have enormous environmental and economical benefits’ says Environment Secretary after analysis shows that half of the waste in Welsh bins is recyclable.

A food waste disposal and recycling firm has been fined £250,000 for breaches that saw three employees overcome by toxic gases, less than a year after paying £660,000 following the death of another worker.

Food redistribution charity FareShare received enough surplus food from retailers and food manufacturers to provide 18.3 million meals in 2014/15, but says that charities 'urgently' need more food made available to them.