Ten per cent of Sainsbury’s annual national gas consumption is being provided by a partnership processing its own food waste, the supermarket says.

A global network of composting organisations has joined to highlight the benefits of viewing organic residuals as resources rather than waste as part of International Compost Awareness Week.

The Department for Communities and Local Government has delayed ruling on planning permission for an experimental plasma arc gasification facility, stating it was ‘not yet in a position to decide.’

The European Commission is working on an energy-from-waste communication that will address how the process can be optimised without compromising higher reuse and recycling rates, says European Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella.

Construction has started on food waste recycler ReFood’s new £32-million anaerobic digestion plant in Dagenham, East London.

Significant progress has been made by local authorities, the recycling industry and other parts of the supply chain towards achieving a circular economy for plastics, according to a new WRAP report.

Italy is close to following France in introducing a law supporting food waste distribution from supermarkets after strong support in the country’s Chamber of Deputies.

Aberdeenshire Council is formally calling for Scottish local authorities to be involved in the design of a deposit-return system.

A guide explaining the operation of the UK packaging recovery note system, explaining the system and how it is used, has been published by the Advisory Committee on Packaging.

An international voluntary agreement that aims to make better use of secondary resources was signed by representatives from France, Flanders, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom last week