On National Refill Day, Bristol City Council has announced the installation of eight new water fountains around the city to cut plastic bottle consumption. However, recent research by SodaStream found that only 28 per cent of councils are engaged with local plastic bottle waste initiatives.

A Welsh Assembly committee has called for the government to take swift action on plastic pollution, including banning wet wipes and introducing a deposit return scheme for drinks containers.

Natural Resources Wales has removed waste mattresses from a site in Llandow, the Vale of Glamorgan, illegally dumped by Envik Recycling Services.

A new website has been launched by Zero Waste Scotland to provide businesses across Scotland with the tools they need to switch to circular economy business models.

Plastic straws, drinks stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds will be banned in England from April 2020, Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced.

Key stakeholders from across the packaging supply chain have written to Environment Secretary Michael Gove to outline their priorities for the next stage of delivery of the Resources and Waste Strategy.

Drinks containers made from aluminium, steel, glass and PET plastic will now carry a 20 pence deposit in Scotland as part of the Scottish Government’s new deposit return scheme.

A report from the Committee on Climate Change says the UK can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, but will need to invest in low-carbon energy technologies and implement a ban on biodegradable waste to landfill by 2025.

The Welsh Government has announced its £6.5 million Circular Economy Fund, aiming to drive Wales towards its 2025 recycling target of 70 per cent.

Local authorities and waste management contractors in Scotland are not adequately prepared for its upcoming landfill ban, according to a Scottish Government report published today (24 April).