New figures released by the British Retail Consortium show that the seven major UK supermarkets produced just 1.3 per cent of all UK food waste in 2013.

Money raised from Asda’s carrier bag charge in Scotland will help provide loans and grants to community projects.

Zero Waste Scotland has released a report highlighting how Scotland can ‘capitalise on the industrial and economic opportunities of a more circular economy’.

The UK needs a partnership approach to implementing a national plan to combat litter, delegates tell the Communities and Local Government Committee’s litter inquiry.

Supermarket chain ASDA will begin selling misshapen fruit and vegetables in five of its stores this month, in a bid to reduce food waste.

A draft version of England’s Single Use Carrier Bag Charges (England) Order has been published, clarifying which bags will fall under the charge in 2015.

Retailers in England will be required to report details of their plastic bag charging schemes to central government, a new letter has revealed.

Supermarket chain Asda is to extend its food redistribution network initiative to include surplus food created by its manufacturers.

The waste electrical and electronic equipment distributor take back scheme is calling on local authorities to apply to its £700,000 fund to further reuse and recycling.

Government must work to ‘lift the regulatory burden’ on remanufacturing if its ‘enormous economic, social and environmental potential’ is to be realised.