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'Reverse vending machine' is now operating in Iceland's Fulham store in London, as part of six month trial

France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania and the UK to all face European Court of Justice over failure to tackle air pollution

Government launches consultation on independent green regulatory body and confirms plans to publish Environmental Principles and Governance Bill this autumn

Coalition of 13 UK green groups welcomes 'tentative' progress on plastics, agriculture, and chemicals, but warns of ongoing uncertainty over enforcement of post-Brexit environmental laws

Greenhouse gas emissions associated with UK consumption rose fractionally in 2015, latest available government data shows

Thérèse Coffey to announce £200,000 of funding to support work to explore impact of micro plastic threads from clothes and tyres on marine habitats

Both Defra and the Department for International Trade have no clear plan and limited time to prepare for Brexit, report by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee argues

Department at the heart of major post-Brexit environmental policy challenges has hired 1,150 new staff members

Department for International Development pledges to provide up to £250m over four years to help tackle marine plastic and illegal wildlife trade

ASDA, Lidl, Tesco and Waitrose among more than 40 of the UK's biggest food and drink firms backing new pledge to eliminate unnecessary single-use plastics