WasteAid UK, a charity helping to establish waste management processes in developing countries, has won a National Energy Globe Award for its work in The Gambia.

Members of the UK public are being asked to spend two minutes picking litter from a beach, mountain, river or woods as part of the first national #2minutebeachclean Day.

The EAC could seek a ban on microbeads being used in cosmetics if companies do not take action themselves, after a briefing summarised research into the environmental impact of pollutant microplastics.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a charity recycling scheme in Northern Ireland, new waste-derived fuels and work on a landfill nature reserve.

The Marine Conservation Society has asked for volunteers to join in ‘The Great British Beach Clean’, an annual weekend dedicated to picking and monitoring coastal litter.

When grown, fish that were exposed to microplastics as larvae prefer to eat plastic rather than their natural prey and are less responsive to predator cues, threatening the sustainability of entire species, according to new research.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including sustainable coffins, an award for the Winnow food waste meter, new bioplastic bags and an ocean waste-themed recycling forum.

More than 8,000 tonnes of rubbish was collected by nearly 800,000 volunteers during the Ocean Conservancy’s 2015 International Coastal Cleanup.

The median cost of sending waste to MRFs has increased by 316 per cent in the past year, according to the WRAP.

Efforts to rid our oceans from plastic pollution should focus on cleaning up beaches rather than the sea itself, according to research carried out by Eunomia Research & Consulting.