The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is taking steps to improve compliance of aluminium reprocessors, following a shortfall in PRNs issued towards tatutory business targets for 2015.

The public consultation on the European Commission’s Circular Economy package ended on Thursday, with some groups publishing their responses.

An amendment to an energy transition law that sought to ban French supermarkets from destroying unused edible food has been dropped for procedural reasons, but a new draft law has already been submitted to address the issue.

The Scottish Government has launched a public consultation into the possibility of a circular economy in Scotland.

The rate of local authority reuse, recycling and composting in Wales rose to its highest-ever figure, 56 per cent, in 2014/15, according to data released by the Welsh Government today.

Defra has changed the definition of a ‘portable’ battery to one under 4kg, rectifying a ‘grey area’ in reporting but increasing costs of compliance for producers.

Residents in three districts of Ayrshire are being called upon to boost household recycling of metal packaging across the county as part of Alupro’s MetalMatters campaign.

The families of two women who died in a bin lorry crash in December 2014 are seeking a private prosecution against the driver.

The HSE has released a report claiming that training for supervisors of roadside collection crews ‘does not properly reflect the hazardous nature of the waste industry’.

Liverpool City Council will set up a new arms-length company to operate its waste collection service in an attempt to bring down costs and improve performance.