Waste

HM Treasury says consultation on taxing plastic waste received highest ever response rate from businesses and the public, with strong support for measures to cut demand for takeaway containers

Three companies team up to develop waste plastics as a raw material for making fuels, chemicals and new plastics

London Assembly call for bins to be placed in men's toilets so items that could cause blockages are not flushed away

Study of 18,000 households around the world finds major gap between how much waste consumers think they generate, and how much food, clothing and possessions are actually going to waste

How much would you pay to clean up your favourite beach?

Around 600 of company's hotels around the world now grow their own produce on site for use in its restaurants and bars as part of food waste drive

Trial sees 5kg boxes of damaged and wonky vegetables sold to public at cut-price, in effort to reduce food waste

Local Government Association urges manufacturers to stop using non-recyclable plastic in packaging

US food and drink giants step up efforts to boost recycling rates and tackle packaging waste, as Kraft Heinz joins Science Based Targets Initiative

Michael Gove: 'It is only by working together we will reverse the rising tide of plastic waste finding its way into our rivers, seas and oceans'