Karen Cannard, co-founder of The Rubbish Diet [http://www.therubbishdiet.org.uk], shares her experience of working behind the scenes on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s new BBC programme.

The Sustainable Clothing Action Plan has seen UK brands cut water impacts by 12.5 per cent per tonne of clothing since 2013, though waste arisings have not fallen, WRAP announced today.

More ‘wonky’ fruit and vegetables will be sold in Asda stores after the retailer announced this week that its ‘Beautiful on the Inside’ range is to be extended.

Morrisons has become the latest supermarket to implement a scheme redistributing unsold food from stores to local community organisations.

Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is investigating food waste in the UK for Hugh’s War on Waste, a BBC documentary series that began last night.

Manufacturing and retail waste has reduced by 3.2 per cent since 2012, though packaging weight has increased by 0.7 per cent, according to interim results for Courtauld 3.

The amount of carrier bags used by major retailers in Scotland has dropped by 650 million since a five-pence charge was introduced a year ago, the Scottish Government has announced.

A new project addressing the carbon, waste and water footprints of clothing in the EU has been launched by WRAP today.

A kebab house in Manchester’s Curry Mile has been fined £2,800 after operating without a waste contract.

Resources Minister Rory Stewart has given his backing to a new action plan for food waste recycling, after a steering group met for the first time last week.