The figure represents an 11.1 per cent fall from 2019, where England's material footprint sat at 880 million tonnes.
‘Material footprint’ refers to the total allocation of primary raw material extraction to meet the final demand for goods and services within a country.
The report from Zero Waste Europe criticises the lack of legally-binding targets within the revisions of the EU’s Waste Framework Directive to prevent textiles waste and decarbonise the sector
Earth Overshoot Day has fallen today, July 29, marking the date upon which humanity has exhausted the sustainable limit of the Earth’s resources for the year
The new Presidential Report launched by the 105th CIWM President Dr Adam Read highlights key skill areas for the waste and resources sector to focus on
Green Alliance research finds that identifying and penalising producers of low-quality electronics could drive efficiencies annually worth up to 800,000 tonnes of avoided carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.
David Newman, Managing Director of BBIA, considers the key messages of the new report 'A System Change Compass: Implementing the European Green Deal in a time of recovery', co-authored by SYSTEMIQ and the Club of Rome.
A new report published by WEEE Forum calls for action on the treatment of WEEE as scrap metal, urging competent authorities to penalise facilities that illegitimately incorporate WEEE into their unreported waste flows.
A new report commissioned by Zero Waste Scotland highlights the climate change challenges posed by the country’s existing energy-from-waste infrastructure.
