Northern Ireland’s Department of the Environment has said it will commit £2 million from the carrier bag levy to help fund environmental groups.

Jonathan Essex, Chair of South East Green Party and a councillor at Surrey County Council, is calling on the council to halt its incineration plans and invest in recycling.

FCC Environment has been awarded a seven-year contract to operate Torfaen’s household waste recycling centre and waste transfer station.

Resource interviews John Redmayne, General Manager of ERP UK, for his thoughts on the cost of compliance.

Croydon Council wants help in tracing two fly-tippers caught on camera illegally dumping waste in Upper Norwood, Croydon.

The EC will launch the roadmap for its Circular Economy Package ‘within the next few weeks’, and consult on the topic ‘before summer’, according to Director-General for Environment Karl Falkenberg.

The Labour Party unveils its Green Plan for 2015, which reiterates its commitment to undertake a review of resource security and make the UK the ‘most resource-efficient economy in the world’.

Aggregate businesses are set to receive several million pounds in tax rebates, after the European Commission finds levy exemptions for most secondary aggregates to be lawful.

Worcestershire County Council will survey district councils as part of the potential creation of a joint waste authority with Herefordshire County Council.

The incoming government must take actions to improve planning if it is to transition to a sustainable economy, says an industry poll.