Goole docks cleared, Palm Recycling MRF, Taylor Slam-Lock, Shanks Wakefield service, Cambridge WEEE event.

Institution of Mechanical Engineers finds that 80 per cent of British shoppers would buy ‘ugly’ fruit and vegetables.

More than 500 volunteers to clean up litter from Lake Windermere in ‘world’s biggest’ freshwater ‘debris dive’.

Judge to hear case from Welsh Government and Defra in second day of hearing on the legality of co-mingled collections.

The Chinese Government attempts to cut down on national food waste by publically backing ‘Clear the Plates’ campaign.

Fortnightly residual waste and dry recyclable collections can improve recycling rates by up to nine per cent, finds University of Southampton.

Food rejected by European supermarkets served to hundreds of delegates at a UN dinner, highlighting the issue of food waste.

Carbon Trust launches the Water Standard, the ‘world’s first’ international award for business water reduction.

European Commission launches The World You Like Challenge, a contest for green projects that tackle climate change.

Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith hosts screening of new documentary highlighting society’s growing wastefulness.