Environment Secretary Michael Gove says he hasn't given enough thought to the Chinese ban on waste imports that could rock the UK's recycling industry, despite it coming into action in two months' time.

The government’s actions on plastic bottle and coffee cup recycling have been criticised by the Environmental Audit Committee as part of its inquiry into the impact of disposable drinks packaging.

Birmingham-based Construction Product Skip Masters has been fined £255,000 after a worker was crushed to death by a ‘dilapidated and ramshackle’ trommel.

Welsh environmental regulator Natural Resources Wales has announced that Clare Pillman will take over as its next Chief Executive in February.

A textile recycling company in Mansfield has been fined £650,000 after a 76-year-old employee was killed by a reversing delivery vehicle last year.

One in five councils in the UK have now run MetalMatters campaigns to boost recycling of metal packaging after seven new campaigns launched over the past two months.

The European Commission has announced that just under €1 billion will be dedicated to the circular economy as part of the final Work Programme of Horizon 2020.

Three innovative business models recovering electronics, repairing shoes and reusing mattresses have been showcased by WRAP to demonstrate how circular practices can benefit companies of all sizes.

The Environment Minister Therese Coffey has announced plans to almost double the maximum fines for littering to claw back some of the £800 million paid every year by the taxpayer.

Up to 27 million tonnes of waste from industry could be better utilised through biorefining in Scotland every year, with the potential to add millions of pounds of value to Scotland’s economy, says a new Zero Waste Scotland report.