Bucking the current trend of retail closures, reuse charity Wastesavers has announced the imminent opening of three new shops.

A new e-bike waste collection service called Putney Pedals, set up by Positively Putney and the London Waste and Recycling Board, aims to reduce carbon emissions on one of London’s busiest high streets.

A new report published by WEEE Forum calls for action on the treatment of WEEE as scrap metal, urging competent authorities to penalise facilities that illegitimately incorporate WEEE into their unreported waste flows.

Essex County Council invites bids for a short-term contract to manage residual waste as it continues to send waste to landfill.

Defra’s announcement that it is now illegal for businesses to supply plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds to customers has been heavily criticised by environmental charities for not going far enough.

Professor Edward Kosior, Managing Director of Nextek, argues the importance of shifting industry focus onto how sorted waste can be properly re-used.

Waste management company Viridor and Kent County Council have renewed a dry mixed recycling contract worth £6.2 million for a further 12 months.

Tesco publishes its food waste data for the eighth year, revealing the supermarket and its international suppliers have cut 200,000 tonnes of food waste from their combined operations.

This year, Recycle Week 2020 (21-27 September) will celebrate the British public’s commitment to recycling during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, with research showing that nearly nine in ten households ‘regularly recycle’.

Glass recycling company Recresco has decided to invest in three more air separation systems, produced by Impact Air Systems.