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Environmental Audit Committee calls for national deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and for more of the financial burden for plastic recycling to be shifted onto industry

Energy and environment ministers ignore calls from EU Parliament and big business to boost renewable energy target to 35 per cent by 2030, while new recycling goals are agreed

Stagnating on around 44-45 per cent, the latest figures show England is still no nearer meeting EU statutory recycling targets for 2020

Hotel group pledges to replace around 750,000 plastic straws used annually with paper-based straws in bid to reduce plastic waste

The Love Borough Imperial Porter made from local ingredients and waste coffee grounds goes on sale today at the London food market

Shell and bio-bean team up to provide biofuel containing part coffee oil for London buses in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

#SewSpooky campaign launched to encourage families and students to pass old costumes to others instead of throwing them away after just one wear

Waste and resources firm already has planning permission to install solar panels at three former UK landfills

Those who defy the new ban on single use plastic bags could face up to four years in jail or a fine of up to $38,000

Provisional figures show households in Wales recycled 64 per cent of their waste in 2016/17, meaning it has hit its target three years early