Defra

Government agreement should help small firms reduce waste by providing better services, cutting costs and trimming red tape

Whitehall purchasing departments to drive demand for sustainable fish, fair trade coffee and A-rated kitchen equipment

Defra ministers maintain review will boost green growth and reduce waste, despite lack of binding targets

But Friends of the Earth slams 'recycled old ideas' and lack of ambition

Daily Mail reports ministers have given up on crusade to reinstate weekly bin collections, although recycling penalties will be scaled back

Industry report ahead of Defra review calls for increased support for waste-to-energy technologies

White paper proposes offsetting biodiversity loss, extensive guidelines for green reporting, and making most of economic opportunities

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee latest to call for overhaul of EU policy

Ground-breaking study calculates contribution of natural world to the UK economy could be up to £50bn