The winners of Generation Awake’s Young Designers Contest are exhibiting their works in Brussels as part of Green Week.

Two clusters of manufacturing SMEs are to receive support from Resource Efficiency Managers, following funding from Defra.

The UK Green Investment Bank is investing £5 million in Scottish whisky distilleries to improve their sustainability.

WRAP offers business partnerships grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 for ‘innovative’ waste prevention projects.

There are now 20 raw materials that are critical to the EU economy, finds European Commission report, up from 14 in 2010.

The UN, FAO and WRAP have launched food waste prevention guidance to help organisations develop ‘effective’ prevention programmes.

Waste industry expert Peter Selkirk has been appointed Executive Chairman of pyrolysis specialist PyroPure.

The CMS Innovation Hub, an all-purpose commercial centre that showcases energy-efficient design for buildings, has opened in North Lanarkshire.

Keep Britain Tidy has launched a Litter Prevention Commitment in a bid to solve Britain’s ‘litter problem’.

Waste management company Viridor begins construction work on its new £12.5 million plastics recycling facility in Rochester.