Councils are being unfairly criticised in the fallout to a sharp rise of household recycling contamination, according to local authority membership organisation LARAC.

Prominent chefs including Ed Baines and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall have called on Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to ban polystyrene packaging to improve London’s recycling and protect marine life.

Eunomia’s latest Local Authority Recycling Carbon Index shows that improvements in Wales and Northern Ireland have overshadowed England’s stuttering recycling efforts.

Restrictions on residual waste and a new kerbside-sort system have seen Merthyr Tydfil go from being one of the worst performing Welsh councils to one of the best over the course of a year, according to new data.

The Environmental Audit Committee is calling for the government to issue a ban on microbeads in cosmetics by the end of 2017, as it believes a voluntary commitment by cosmetic companies is not enough to stem the rise in plastic entering the oceans.

An Oldham man has been successfully prosecuted and fined nearly £1,000 after failing to appear in court for fly-tipping offences.

A new anaerobic digestion facility in Nottinghamshire, which will produce renewable energy from agricultural feedstock, has received £13.2 million in funding.

A new Greenpeace campaign is calling on phone producers to create ‘true innovation’ after a survey found that consumers want more longevity and better recycling options for their phones.

Steve Lee, who will step down as Chief Executive at CIWM at the end of October, will continue to head Resources & Waste UK R&WUK, the joint policy and influencing body created in 2014.

This weekend’s Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is being used to show the city’s residents how much waste is being created and how much recycling potential is lying in their bins.