Pilots to improve recycling for flats in Edinburgh have resulted in a 300 per cent increase in the amount of glass collected for recycling, the council claims.

The REA and LARAC have resolved their differences and jointly called for industry and local authority collaboration in the search for improved government policy around food waste collections.

Salford City Council is to pilot three-weekly residual waste collections next month, becoming the third local authority in Greater Manchester to reduce the frequency of bin collections in search of reduced disposal rates.

Four South Yorkshire councils are consulting on a joint waste strategy to aid the growth of the Northern Powerhouse.

Fife Council is seeking the views of residents who have taken part in its four-weekly residual waste collection trial, after reporting increased recycling and low contamination.

A framework aiming to provide businesses and governments with a consistent and reliable method of measuring and identifying food waste has been launched by a global partnership.

The EAC could seek a ban on microbeads being used in cosmetics if companies do not take action themselves, after a briefing summarised research into the environmental impact of pollutant microplastics.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a charity recycling scheme in Northern Ireland, new waste-derived fuels and work on a landfill nature reserve.

A £70-million incinerator planned for Nottinghamshire has been given the go-ahead following delays caused by concerns over the experimental technology used in the facility.

National anti-litter charity Keep Britain Tidy says that England should ‘hang its head in shame’, after Wales announced this week [http://resource.co/article/wales-eclipses-national-recycling-target-11138] that its recycling rate had reached 59 per cent.