Annual November savings event, Black Friday, encourages excessive consumerism but this year organisations are promoting creative making, upcycling and repairing to bring communities together and reduce environmental damage.

The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI), has formed a new industry alliance, 4evergreen, to drive the use of fibre-based packaging.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Reconomy, Geminor, DS Smith, Focus Games and Greenredeem.

UK supermarket Morrisons has announced that it will be removing black plastic from all of its own brand food and drink packaging.

The Federation of Small Businesses has called for businesses under 200 square feet in size to be exempt from the Scottish deposit return scheme for beverage containers due to space and staffing restrictions.

A high number of WEEE products sold through online marketplaces are non-compliant with regulations, according to a study by EucoLight.

The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has published its latest Retail Survey, revealing the progress made by supermarkets in improving food labelling and packaging.

The government’s ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds is due to come into force in April 2020.

Thornton’s Budgens launches a plastic-free range of 200 products including refillable peanut butter, milk and orange juice.

Agriculture, Plastic and Environment UK (APE UK) has launched a national collection scheme for non-packaging agricultural plastics.