The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual workplace ill health and injury statistics, revealing 4.5 per cent of waste workers suffered from work-related ill health in 2018/19.

Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers expressed her desire to see the Environment Bill continue its passage through Parliament despite the forthcoming general election.

The government’s ban on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds is due to come into force in April 2020.

The Environment Agency (EA) has published its annual Regulating for People, Environment and Growth (RPEG) report.

The Environmental Audit Committee has written to Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers stating that some aspects of the government’s Environment Bill are ‘not fit for purpose’.

Hubbub launches innovative on-the-go recycling bins and art installations on the streets of Edinburgh.

Provisional packaging data for the third quarter of 2019 shows that all packaging materials remain on track to meet their 2019 recycling targets, with plastics and aluminium staging recoveries.

The Scottish Government will legislate for a charge to be applied on single-use drinks cups as part of its Circular Economy Bill.

The Welsh Government has published its latest recycling statistics, revealing that the country’s overall recycling rate has remained stable over the past year.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is holding a series of workshops to help import and export waste business prepare for Brexit.