Cafes, restaurants and bars are being encouraged by a new campaign to accept customer reusable cups when they reopen.

Three European trade associations have called on the European Commission to safeguard the waste management provisions outlined in the European Green Deal and its associated Circular Economy Action Plan as part of a post-coronavirus green economic recovery.

The WEEE Fund has announced that it will be providing more than £5 million of financial support to electronic waste recyclers during the Covid-19 pandemic in the form of its WEEE Support Grants and Loans Package.

On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Jane Asscher, CEO and Co-founder of behaviour change agency 23red, looks at how brands and businesses can help consumers to make sustainable choices in a post-coronavirus world.

The waste sector has largely welcomed the government’s Budget 2020, though stakeholders have called for further clarity on the forthcoming Plastics Packaging Tax.

The European Commission has today (11 March) published its new Circular Economy Action Plan, outlining measures to ensure that products are designed to last longer and are easier to reuse, repair and recycle.

A new report from think tank Green Alliance has criticised the government’s plastics policy for ‘failing to deal with the root of the problem’.

INCPEN will be delivering the 2020 Resourcing the Future conference with CIWM, ESA and WRAP.

A ‘Repair Café Carbon Calculator’ is set to be previewed at the UK’s first Repair Café Conference on 12 March in Farnham, Surrey.

The Reuse Network has published its 2019 Social Impact Report, revealing that its member  organisations reused 3.7 million furniture and electrical items in 2019.