The UK is the biggest contributor to the 22,000 tonnes of food waste produced in the EU every year, according to a study by European Commission researchers.

If you can be sure of anything in this world, it’s that we will always have a steady supply of, ahem, human waste. Annie Kane considers whether Bristol’s Bio-Bus could be the future of sewage, or whether it’s a load of… hot air

Nick Watts discovers how HMP Huntercombe is setting a positive example when it comes to managing food waste at the same time as saving money and having a positive effect on the rehabilitation of prisoners

A round-up of some of the more unusual stories coming out of the waste and resources world...

Charlie Flounders, Commercial Manager, Feedstocks at Tamar Energy gives us an update on how the organics/AD market is faring.

Landowners are being urged by the Environment Agency to be mindful of their responsibilities regarding illegal waste storage after 100,000 tyres and 3,000 cubic metres of plastic bales were removed from sites.

Glasgow City Council is to provide food waste recycling bins to 300,000 local homes over the next two years in order to comply with Scottish waste regulations.

England's recycling rate hit 44.8 per cent in the calendar year 2014, up by just 0.6 per cent on the year before, provisional statistics from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs show.

The Waste & Resources Action Programme and Valpak have announced that they are to undertake new research into paper and card packaging flows.

The introduction of a three-weekly residual waste kerbside collection system in Bury has seen the recycling rate jump by eight per cent in just two months, the council says.