Food waste in Wales could be halved by 2025 after the Welsh Government announced ambitious plans to address the major waste issue during talks with Scotland on the circular economy.

Social platform Neighbourly will now be accepting non-food product donations to its surplus food redistribution scheme, with Marks & Spencer being the first retail partner to contribute.

Waste and resource use have been identified as a key area for action in the Mayor of London’s draft London Environment Strategy, which sets a municipal recycling target of 65 per cent for 2030.

Sainsbury’s has partnered with behaviour change charity Hubbub and Bosch to launch a new initiative to combat the environmental and social impact of food waste – The Community Fridge Network.

Draft guidance on ‘best before’ dates, freezing information and other storage tips has been published by WRAP today, and will be under consultation for the next month.

The European Environmental Bureau has accused certain EU member states of “sabotaging” negotiations over EU circular economy and waste law proposals following leaks of private EU Council meetings discussions.

Scottish manufacturing SMEs with innovative circular economy ideas or projects are being encouraged to access up to £1 million in grant funding to explore sustainable business opportunities and aid the transition to circular business models.

As London’s first Library of Things celebrates its first birthday, could community schemes sharing expensive and rarely-used equipment offer a glimpse into the future of how we handle household items?

A route map to turn London into one of the world’s most resource efficient cities has been launched by LWARB, calling on stakeholders from local government to community groups to carry out a range of actions targeting five key areas including food waste and plastics.

Brewer and pub retailer Greene King has announced a zero waste to landfill target for 2020, with a number of initiatives being introduced across its operations to eradicate landfill waste.