As Recycle Week begins, WRAP is urging consumers to check whether items are recyclable before throwing them away, after finding that nearly a third of people are confused about recycling.

Fundraising special: A round-up of the work being undertaken by those in the waste and resource industry for good causes.

Zero Waste Scotland has launched a new grant fund to support third sector organisations carry out community-led litter prevention projects.

The European Parliament Environment Committee has voted through a draft report on the circular economy, which calls on the European Commission to increase recycling targets to ‘at least’ 70 per cent.

Environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy is launching its Centre for Social Innovation to develop new approaches to solving litter and waste problems.

Environmental charity Hubbub has launched ‘Neat Streets’, a project in London to find the most effective ways of combating littering and bringing about behaviour change.

Authorities visit businesses in Boston, Lincolnshire to clamp down on illegal vehicle and scrap metal dealers in the area.

Fife Council has become the fifth local authority to sign up to Scotland’s Resource Sector Commitment.

Hereford-based recycling company Eastside 2000 Limited, part of the Wye Valley Group, has been fined £18,000 for illegally storing waste.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including tyre recycling, EWWR Awards, LitterARTI, and fly-tipping prosecutions.