Defra

Survey reveals average household is throwing away 60 pieces of plastic packaging a week, providing scant evidence plastic waste reduction pledges are working

Monty Don backs Wildlife Trusts campaign calling on Ministers to end 'eco-vandalism' and back Private members Bill banning use of peat-based horticultural composts

Money raised from fines for pollution breaches is to be reinvested in new Water Restoration Fund

From today, legal requirements to deliver a 10 per cent Biodiversity Net Gain on housing, industrial, and commercial projects now cover small-scale developments

New funding designed to allow councils to deliver weekly food waste collections as standard from April 2026

MPs warn 'businesses cannot afford anymore uncertainty' over delayed supply chain deforestation due diligence legislation

Changes to Sustainable Farming Incentive mean applicants will only be able to put quarter of their land into six specified environmental actions that take land out of food production

Too Good To Go leads open letter to Defra calling for renewed action to tackle food waste mountain that costs UK economy in excess of £21bn a year

Lloyds pledges £250,000 to Knepp Wildland Foundation, West Cumbria Rivers Trust, and the National Trust via the expanding Projects for Nature initiative

Environment Secretary announces consultation on plans to deliver clearer food labelling that rewards high-quality, high-welfare food