Welsh Government publishes ‘Dry Recycling End Destinations’ report, listing where local authorities send material for recycling.

Sam Sandilands, expert in waste law at Burges Salmon, brings us an update on changes (real or proposed) to ‘bin fines’ at the national level, WEEE legislation at the European level, and construction and demolition waste reduction plans at the devolved level

Is there a way out of the disposable versus reusable nappy dilemma? Leonie Butler looks into the end-of-life options for disposables

Nearly 50 million waste tyres are generated every year in the UK, and they’ve been officially banned from landfill since 2006. Will Simpson follows the rubber trail to find out what happens to them

Waste Collection Authority Performance chart ordered by recycling rate

UK League Table chart

Resource magazine take a look at the Waste Collection Authority Performance chart

Resource magazine compiles the UK League Table chart for 2010/11

Resource’s 2011 league table, sponsored by UK Container Maintenance, again ranks local authorities by the amount of residual waste left over per resident, an ever-decreasing figure. We’ve also made the charts available ordered by recycling rates.

The need to reduce the carbon impact of waste (as well as its other impacts) is drastic in these days of manmade climate change. Though the European Commission continues to favour weight-based targets for waste, WRAP has worked with Defra and the Scottish Government to...