Defra and the Treasury have come under renewed fire from MPs for failing to establish their environmental and sustainability priorities.

Local authorities in England spent £49.8 million clearing up illegally dumped waste in 2015/16, as the number of recorded cases continued its recent rise, according to new Defra stats.

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Newcastle City Council is looking for ‘radical’ solutions to the city’s waste management situation after appointing a team of industry experts to review all aspects of the waste process.

Wales is closer than ever to reaching its 2025 recycling, reuse and composting target of 70 per cent, with the latest government statistics for the 12 months to September 2016 reporting a rate of 62 per cent, a four per cent increase on 2015.

Keep Britain Tidy has called for England to follow Wales in adopting a collections blueprint to bring about the next step-change in recycling.

The United Nations has launched a global campaign, #CleanSeas, to eliminate the major sources of marine litter by 2022, calling on governments, industry and consumers to take action.

China has established a year-long crackdown on the illegal smuggling of foreign waste, as it also continues to reject poorly-sorted legitimate shipments, sending 160 containers of contaminated paper recycling back to Ireland.

The UK needs to have a national debate on future recycling targets to establish a framework for the resource sector post-Brexit, says the Environmental Industries Commission, although other commentators have suggested the matter might not be in the UK’s hands.

Planning applications for ‘environmentally-friendly’ waste management sites have dropped by 20 per cent in the past year as local authorities feel the squeeze from continuing budget cuts, according to commercial law firm EMW.