Consumer goods company Procter & Gamble is producing a limited run of recyclable shampoo bottles made from recycled beach plastic in what it says is ‘the first major step’ in establishing a supply chain taking in plastic waste collected from beaches by charities.

The Prince of Wales has voiced his support for bottle deposit schemes, after backing Sky’s Ocean Rescue campaign against marine plastic.

MEPs have voted in favour of a 70 per cent recycling and reuse target for 2030, upping the goal proposed by the European Commission in its Circular Economy Package.

Stakeholders have been told that the government expects the EU’s Circular Economy Package to apply to the UK, as the European Parliament convenes this week for a vote on the package’s legislation.

Trials of a technology to recycle medium-density fibreboard have proven successful, bringing commercially-viable recovery of the material one step closer, according to developers MDF Recovery.

Four of the UK’s largest supermarkets have had their say on actions needed to cut food waste, including transparency, targets, redistribution and labelling.

A new city-wide cigarette recycling programme has been launched in Davos to coincide with the World Economic Forum this week.

The New Plastics Economy’s latest action plan to reuse and recycle 70 per cent of the world’s plastic packaging through better design and business models has been backed by industry leaders.

A share of £115,000 is up for grabs to help make the Merseyside and Halton region a cleaner and greener place through community projects.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector including Alupro's professional cycling sponsorship, the Princess takes to the Battlefield and a HWRC contract in Devon.