Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss has appointed Professor Lynne Frostick and Emma Howard Boyd to the Board of the Environment Agency.

Reducing global consumer food waste by 50 per cent could save $300 billion (£190 billion) a year by 2030, the Waste & Resources Action Programme has revealed.

The majority of the 300-strong workforce at newsprint manufacturer Aylesford Newsprint Limited has been made redundant, following news that the company has entered administration.

CIWM and Ricardo-AEA have launched a new tool to help local authorities identify savings and efficiencies in their waste collections.

Central government has released new guidance on assessing B2C and B2B electricals, following amendments to the UK’s transposition of the recast WEEE Directive.

Councillors at Gloucestershire County Council have narrowly voted against a motion to call on the cabinet to cancel its waste contract with Urbaser Balfour Beatty.

HMRC is calling on stakeholders to comment on new guidance and amendments to the Landfill Tax Regulations, relating to waste fines.

Stroud District Council is submitting a legal challenge to Eric Pickles regarding his decision to approve plans for the Javelin Park incinerator, as councillors at Gloucestershire County Council call for the contract to be cancelled.

The UK Green Investment Bank and Strathclyde Pension Fund have invested £60 million in community-scale renewable energy projects.

Norfolk County Council calls on Eric Pickles to reimburse the taxpayer £34 million following the revelation that the Planning Inspector had approved plans for the Kings Lynn incinerator in September 2013.