The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has launched an actionable toolkit for policymakers wishing to make a transition to the circular economy.

A new report by the Green Alliance identifies the advantages of switching to circular business models to deliver risk-adjusted returns.

Waste and by-products from fish, beer, and whisky businesses could boost the Scottish economy by up to £800 million a year if better utilised, finds Zero Waste Scotland.

A new EU-wide campaign is calling on the European Commission to include an obligation in its revised Circular Economy Package for supermarkets to donate their unsold food to charity.

A new Imperial College London report, commissioned by Veolia, claims that a circular economy could create 175,000 jobs and boost GDP by 1.8 per cent in the UK.

The UK Green Investment Bank has made its 50th investment by committing £2 million in a new sewage heat recovery system in Scotland.

Eunomia warns that the UK could reach residual waste treatment overcapacity by 2019 and calls on government to manage ‘potential conflicts’ with EU recycling targets.

Viridor has agreed to send air pollution control residues from its incineration facilities to Carbon8 Aggregates Ltd for recycling.

Bunzl Catering Supplies, Benders Paper Cups and BASIS have joined the Simply Cups paper cup recycling service, which now includes five additional materials.

The European Commission has launched a consultation on ‘the nature and the extent of regulatory failures causing undue distortions to EU waste markets for recycling and recovery’.