Romaquip, market leaders in Kerb-Sort machines, is the manufacturer of choice to over 35 local authorities and private waste management companies.

Charges have been brought against two men in Swansea for ‘several years’ worth of illegal activities likely to cause harm to the environment and human health.

Lighting waste compliance scheme Recolight has funded the recycling of 300 million lamps since 2007 and is about to extend its compliance services to more waste electricals.

Environmental consultancy Eunomia Research and Consulting will be running the first ever conference deposit return scheme for coffee cups at this year’s RWM show in Birmingham, in partnership with NEC catering arm Amadeus.

Burning farm plastics will be illegal in Scotland from 2019 after the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) vowed to end exemptions enabling the practice.

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the government will consider making the plastic bag charge mandatory for all businesses and raising it to 10 pence.

Free skips in every ward and free bulky waste collections are one of a number of options being considered by Walsall Council as incidents of fly-tipping in the local authority continue to rise.

More than 66,000 tonnes tonnes of illegally dumped waste posing a fire hazard have been cleared from a storage site in Warrington.

Sports drinks giant Lucozade will trial a biodegradable form of packaging for its sports drinks and gels at a series of events from September as it seeks to move beyond plastic.

More than two billion tonnes of food waste could be generated every year – over a third more than currently thrown out – by 2030, according to a report by the Boston Consulting Group.