Ricardo Energy & Environment will undertake a review on the environmental impact of nanomaterials to support a new European Commission policy assessment.

Waste vehicles in Essex, South London and Hertfordshire have been checked in the latest day of Environment Agency action designed to cut down on illegal waste traders yesterday.

A builder has been fined £800 after dumping 250 tonnes of soil contaminated with waste onto council land in Salford, which the council estimates will cost £97,000 to clear.

The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management has launched a year-long campaign against waste crime by announcing that it will be contributing almost £50,000 to an initiative raising business awareness of the Duty of Care.

The UK should follow the example of the United States and ban manufacturers from using plastic microbeads in cosmetics and soaps, says Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett.

Litter levels are ‘acceptable’ in 90 per cent of surveyed sites in England, though fast-food and carrier-bag litter has increased significantly in the last year, Keep Britain Tidy found in its annual Local Environment Quality Survey of England.

A family has avoided injury but was left homeless after a fire at a County Down recycling centre spread to their house last night.

AkzoNobel and the Community RePaint network have launched the first UK manufacturing hub for social reuse in Cambridgeshire.

Recycling initiatives in five Asian countries could reduce global plastic waste leakage by 45 per cent, according to a recent report.

Northern Irish authorities estimate that one million tonnes of waste could have been deposited in an illegal landfill in the town of Mobuoy near Londonderry.