Just 35 per cent of WEEE disposed of in Europe in 2012 was collected and recycled by regulated processors, a two-year study funded by the European Union has found.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including an Environment Agency investigation, a waste survey and biofuel takeover.

Supermarkets in France have agreed to a voluntary commitment to redistribute unsold food stocks, after measures were dropped from a law for ‘procedural’ reasons.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has launched a consultation proposing reduced tariffs and spending caps to control costs under the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme.

Use of single-use carrier bags in Northern Ireland has risen by 8.2 per cent from the figure recorded for the first year after introducing a carrier bag levy, according to Department of the Environment statistics.

Alupro has announced revisions to the protocol applied to aluminium packaging recovered from incinerator bottom ash, following approval from Defra and the Environment Agencies.

UK manufacturers are calling for bolder government action on cutting environmental red tape, according to a new report from EEF.

Local authorities and businesses from Essex, Suffolk and Kent have joined together to fight litter and attempt to reform littering offenders.

In the 11 months since Cornwall Council introduced charges for certain items at household waste recycling facilities, fly-tipping of those items has more than doubled, council figures show.

Supermarket chain Asda is to donate £360,000 made from the Welsh plastic bag charge to community groups in Wales, it has announced.