Waste industry calls for 'root and branch' rethink of UK resource strategy, with more onus on product designers, manufacturers and retailers to address potential waste crisis
Plans for new plastic bottle deposit scheme and extensions to bag levy expected in Prime Minister's first major speech on the environment
Hubbub's Trewin Restorick has spent years working on campaigns to encourage people to cut coffee cup waste - he offers the industry some pointers
Coffee giant has agreed to charge customers in selected London branches an extra five pence for a disposable cup as part of trial to cut waste
Plastic that would have been imported to China will cause chaos for councils as it mounts up, warn industry experts
Time is running out to fix recycling across the city, Assembly Members warn
Sky Ocean rescue campaign calls on people to curb use of single use plastics and ensure they recycle over the festive season
Environment secretary's action plan, due in new year, may include plastic bottle deposit scheme and standardised recycling policy
And what other industry sectors can learn from those shortcomings
From cutting food waste to ending hunger, Tetra Pak is getting excited about some big-picture sustainable thinking