The Welsh Natural Resources Minister has launched a £2-million Welsh Government investment in a new kerbside-sort system that aims to improve recycling performance in the Merthyr Tydfil.

Guidance has been published to help operators of materials recycling facilities comply with upcoming regulations introduced by the Scottish Government.

British recycling is being held back by its ‘peculiar’ aversion to separate recycling collections, according to EU policy advisor Karl Falkenberg.

Environmental consultancy Resource Futures has been awarded a two-year contract to administer the edoc online waste transfer reporting system across the UK.

The European Recycling Platform has called on the EU to cooperate and enforce waste legislation more effectively in its response to the Circular Economy Package.

The Labour MP for Bristol East, who is behind the proposed Food Waste (Reduction) Bill, has been named Shadow Environment Secretary in Jeremy Corbyn’s newly-formed Shadow Cabinet.

Less frequent collection of dry recyclables and residual waste is one way to revive England’s sagging recycling rate, according to a new report released by SUEZ today.

Salford City Council has taken steps to ensure that food waste bags provided free to residents cannot be stolen, after former bin man Paul Strickland was sentenced last week.

A major overhaul of Norfolk’s household waste recycling centre system could see 13 of the county’s 20 facilities close, after a Norfolk County Council report proposed a smaller network with expanded services.

An action plan to improve the performance of the Dorset Waste Partnership is almost complete, the partnership’s joint committee will hear on Monday, though a second consecutive overspend is likely.