Employee working patterns during the Olympics have revealed ways for companies to increase profitability and sustainability long-term.

UK Green Investments will invest £4 million in a £21 million plan to build a green waste processing plant in Dagenham.

Rubies in the Rubble – a social enterprise seeking to minimise food waste and assist women struggling to find employment – has won sustainability funding from Ben & Jerry’s.

Shell has been permitted to begin ‘limited activities’ at an exploratory drilling site in the Arctic.

Clothes donated to developing countries should be returned to the UK for recycling, according to university research.

The fifth National Zero Waste Week, an annual event designed to raise awareness of waste, begins today (3 September).

Soft drinks manufacturer, Coca-Cola, adopts On-Pack Recycling Label in an effort to increase plastic bottle recycling.

Defra has announced the 15 household recycling and waste minimisation schemes that will receive reward funding.

SITA UK and Wheelabrator have been selected as the final two bidders for North Wales’ £800 million residual waste contract.

Prime Minister David Cameron instructs officials to revisit plans to build £30 billion electricity barrage across Severn Estuary.