Sam Sandilands and Ella Curnow of Burges Salmon solicitors keep us abreast of the latest developments in waste legislation

You can’t just bung a bucket on the street and ask passers-by to deposit their waste in it – there’s a lot to think about with street-scene waste services. From eye-catching design to practicality and, increasingly, multi-functionality, bin design is anything but basic

With the recast of the European WEEE Directive finalised and the Red Tape Challenge completed in the UK, Recolight’s Nigel Harvey provides an update on possible changes to the waste electrical and electronic equipment regulations.

The WEEE Directive has been enshrined in UK law for nearly a decade now, so we take a look at the (sometimes bumpy) road the legislation’s travelled and find out what turns lie ahead for future handling of waste electrical and electronic equipment.

When weight-based recycling targets were first introduced, Defra money made free green waste collection services look like an easy win. But can local authorities continue to justify the expense (and the added waste generation) in these straightened times?

Only weeks after dropping out of the environmental ratings system, the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), Apple has announced that it is rejoining the scheme, stating that ‘all eligible Apple products are back on EPEAT’.

Sims Metal Management has introduced a new system of cashless scrap metal trading as a way to curb fraud and adhere to anticipated regulation changes.

San Francisco city officials have vetoed purchases of new Apple Macintosh computers in city agencies after the technology giant pulled out of green scheme

The One Planet Centre has opened in the Olympic Athletes’ Village as part of initiatives to make the London 2012 Olympics the ‘greenest games ever’.

The European Commission (EC) has adopted End-of-Waste regulations for glass