Grocery sector supply chain waste reduced by 8.8 per cent, ahead of the three-year target of five per cent says WRAP.

Cambridge City Council has extended its partnership with Recolight to increase low energy light bulb recycling.

Horsham District Council has launched a new recycling service for local businesses.

Private Finance Initiative, or PFI, is big news in the world of waste – and it is set to get bigger as it becomes an ever more important factor for local authorities when developing new waste facilities in order to meet government recycling and diversion targets.

Guildford Borough Council announces plans to switch to co-mingled collections, despite EU guidance advising otherwise.

Teignbridge District Council launches webpage listing end destinations of recyclables collected from residents.

Devon County Council and Resource Futures Ltd launch Waste and Energy Education Programmes for Devonshire Schools.

Waste bio drying operator Think Environmental, charged by EA for illegally burying waste and failing to control odours.

UK charity shops taking part in the 2012 Charity Shops Survey have posted a record 14.3 per cent rise in profits.

Environmentalists call for govt to act now before it’s too late to prevent ‘critical’ two-degree rise in temperature.