Friends of the Earth has reiterated its call for government to review resource use, after evaluating the embodied land and water use in products.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including European Recycling Platform, J&B Recycling, Viridor and E.ON.

Dr Stuart McLanaghan of environmental consultancy Eden 21 argues for a new resource hierarchy, explaining why we need new metrics for resource use.

The next government should introduce new waste and recycling targets if it is to achieve a ‘green Britain’ by 2030, says renewable electricity firm Ecotricity.

The European Commission’s ‘indicative roadmap’ to its revised Circular Economy Package promises an ‘ambitious’ and ‘effective’ framework that will ‘drive real change’.

We might pay for our meals in gourmet restaurants with plastic, but how would you feel about eating something that’s fed on plastic? Leonie Butler reports

Food waste reduction company Winnow Solutions has appointed Alan Parker CBE, the former CEO of leisure multinational Whitbread, to its board of directors.

The Biobased and Biodegradable Industries Association has appointed Andy Sweetman as Chairman and chosen six other board members from across the bioindustry.

The European Parliament passes the ‘first binding measures to reduce waste generation’, as a limit on plastic bag use is voted through.

A new photo series by Adela Nistora takes a look at the problem of food waste, and possible solutions.