Zero Waste Scotland has launched a new grant fund to support third sector organisations carry out community-led litter prevention projects.

Neil Parish, Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton and former farmer, has been elected as Chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee for the 2015 Parliament.

Bio-on S.p.A ready to license new technology for making bioplastics from glycerol.

FareShare has launched an eight-step Food Efficiency Framework to help businesses identify and redistribute surplus food in order to reduce waste arisings.

The European Parliament Environment Committee has voted through a draft report on the circular economy, which calls on the European Commission to increase recycling targets to ‘at least’ 70 per cent.

Plans by Peel Environmental to develop a £65-million Timber Resource Recovery Centre in Barnsley have been given the green light by Barnsley Council.

Scotland’s Environment Secretary has launched a social media campaign to promote the repair, reuse and remanufacturing of goods to kick-start the circular economy.

Global paints and chemicals company AkzoNobel has called on the UK government to standardise waste management infrastructure to facilitate the creation of a ‘closed-loop’ system for recycling unused paints.

A new report details a way to produce bio-based aviation fuels from sugarcane that has the potential to deliver ‘significant cuts’ to greenhouse gasses.

Sustainable consumption and production is the theme of World Environment Day 2015 (5 June), organised by the United Nations Environment Programme.