Members of the waste and resources industry have welcomed the mention of the industry in the government’s new industrial strategy, unveiled today by Prime Minister Theresa May.

Stakeholders have been told that the government expects the EU’s Circular Economy Package to apply to the UK, as the European Parliament convenes this week for a vote on the package’s legislation.

Four of the UK’s largest supermarkets have had their say on actions needed to cut food waste, including transparency, targets, redistribution and labelling.

The European Parliament’s Environment Committee have been urged to impose a 50 per cent food waste reduction target in a vote on food waste regulations next week that will shape the EU’s policy on the matter for the next 15 years.

Businesses have backed the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, supporting a report outlining the potential for more than £9 trillion in benefits, and called on the UK government to help reach the global targets.

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has written to Business Secretary Greg Clark to call for added scrutiny over the sale of the Green Investment Bank to Macquarie.

WRAP is calling for a united effort after it found that £13 billion of edible food was wasted by UK households in 2015, a situation Friends of the Earth calls ‘the definition of a scandal’.

Greater producer responsibility, more consistent recycling systems and the revisitation of pay as you throw should all be considered to make English recycling more efficient, says the Green Alliance.

The Resource Association has called on government to recognise the importance of high-quality recycling collection as it considers new business packaging recycling targets.

Scottish Economy Secretary Keith Brown has expressed his concerns over the progress of the Green Investment Bank’s privatisation, saying it amounts to ‘fragmentation or asset stripping’.