Groups from across the waste industry have warned that proposed Environment Agency changes to waste wood classification could reduce the UK’s recycling rate by two to six per cent a year.

Resource talks to Zero Waste Week founder Rachelle Strauss about the origins of the annual waste reduction awareness campaign and the importance of perseverance in everyone’s zero waste story.

Four-in-five people in Britain are concerned about the amount waste produced in the UK, a new poll has revealed, as the tenth annual Zero Waste Week kicks off.

Ethical smartphone manufacturer Fairphone has issued a challenge to the dominant approach of tech giants by announcing the first upgradeable smart phone modules in a bid to improve product sustainability and reduce waste.

The government has launched a competition offering the opportunity to win funding for research into sustainable waste-based fuels for planes and lorries.

A new app is enabling anyone in the sea to track levels of marine debris, building up a database for conservation bodies.

Bolton Council has reportedly saved £3.4 million in waste disposal costs since the introduction of its ‘slim bins’, while also increasing the authority’s recycling rate to over 50 per cent.

Social platform Neighbourly will now be accepting non-food product donations to its surplus food redistribution scheme, with Marks & Spencer being the first retail partner to contribute.

Beverage carton recycling provision by local authorities has jumped from 10 per cent to 92 per cent in the past decade.

Waste and resource use have been identified as a key area for action in the Mayor of London’s draft London Environment Strategy, which sets a municipal recycling target of 65 per cent for 2030.