Climate activist group Extinction Rebellion has joined a coalition calling on the Government to decarbonise the waste sector, highlighting ways in which the UK could reduce its reliance on energy-from-waste and meet its net-zero target of 2050.

The UK Government has released a summary of responses to its Plastic Packaging Tax consultation.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources industry, including Eunomia, DAERA and Ecosurety.

Replacing the PRN system with an ‘all-in’ deposit return scheme is not the answer for glass, says Recresco director Tim Gent

The government has announced the funding of five new research centres, which will explore how major UK industries can become more circular.

Green Alliance research finds that identifying and penalising producers of low-quality electronics could drive efficiencies annually worth up to 800,000 tonnes of avoided carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.

Innovate UK’s Global Challenge Fund awards £9.3 million funding to consortium to develop model to develop sector of informal dismantlers of e-waste.

A new report by The Ellen MacArthur Foundation advises on how to pave the way for a low-carbon recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Environment Agency has announced that 21 containers containing illegal waste materials have been returned to their point of origin in the UK.

David Newman, Managing Director of BBIA, considers the key messages of the new report 'A System Change Compass: Implementing the European Green Deal in a time of recovery', co-authored by SYSTEMIQ and the Club of Rome.