Supermarkets in France have agreed to a voluntary commitment to redistribute unsold food stocks, after measures were dropped from a law for ‘procedural’ reasons.

High street retailer H&M has launched its inaugural Global Change Award, offering €1 million of funding to five innovative ideas addressing the issue of sustainability in fashion.

Zero Waste Scotland is advertising for two designers for a 12-week residency promoting sustainable clothing practices as part of the ‘Love Your Clothes’ campaign.

The public consultation on the European Commission’s Circular Economy package ended on Thursday, with some groups publishing their responses.

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Zero Waste Scotland service Resource Efficient Scotland has announced a series of free training workshops and materials in resource efficiency for Scottish businesses.

A new Zero Waste Scotland-backed communal working space and sharing facility that helps fashion and textiles professionals work sustainably will open today in Edinburgh.

WRAP's annual report warns that the fall in price of oil ‘threatens to undermine the viability’ of markets for recycled plastics.

The United Nations has agreed a draft for its 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, which seeks to halve global food waste, ‘substantially reduce waste generation’ and curb climate change.

The London Waste and Recycling Board has announced that it is to invest up to £3 million into a private equity fund to help ‘accelerate the move to a circular economy in London’.