A series of polls have found significant public support in Nordic countries for the ‘variable’ deposit return scheme (DRS) model, where the deposit fee is determined by the container’s size and material.

A new report from the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has revealed that biomethane has the potential to deliver 30 per cent of the UK’s 2030 carbon budget.

New figures from the Environment Agency show that the UK has missed its WEEE collection targets for the third consecutive year.

The government’s Environment Bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons yesterday (26 February).

The recent rise in homelessness has led to an increase in the number of rough sleepers taking shelter in waste containers, according to a new study by Biffa, the Open University and the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management (CIWM).

Theresa Villiers has been replaced as Environment Secretary by farming minister George Eustice in Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle after just seven months in the role.

MPs expressed concerns over the environmental and public health risks of incineration in a debate in Westminster Hall on Tuesday (13 February).

The government has reintroduced the Environment Bill to Parliament today (30 January), including new commitments to ban the export of plastic waste to developing countries and to review international developments in environmental legislation every two years.

Philip Dunne, Conservative MP for Ludlow in Shropshire, has been elected to replace Mary Creagh as the new Chair of Parliament’s Environment Audit Committee (EAC).

A group of cross-party MPs and Peers has signed an industry letter published the Guardian yesterday’s (28 January), calling on the government to include ambitious targets for compostables in the forthcoming Environment Bill.