Circular Economy

In this edited essay extract Northampton Business School's Dr Kurt Yang Liu maps out new strategies for encouraging the take-up of greener design and manufacturing methods

Major new report warns that at current rates of disposal by 2050 there will be more plastic waste in the world's ocean than there are fish

Liz Goodwin's speech to the Westminster Forum - in full

EU-backed report predicts sector could treble by 2030, creating jobs for quarter of a million people

Families urged to recycle their Christmas packaging, as new figures reveal Brits will throw out almost enough festive wrapping over the holidays to reach the moon

Catering giant says LeanPath smart meter system slashed food waste by 16 per cent during eight-week trial

European authorities expand access to EU finance support programme to businesses involved in the circular economy

Online platform promises to make it easier for businesses to redistribute surplus food

Marks & Spencer's Rowland Hill considers the merits of the new EU circular economy package

With rotting food emitting 3.3 gigatons of greenhouse gases while 800 million people in the world remain hungry, efforts to donate food are piling up