Shoppers in England are set to use billions fewer plastic bags in the year following the introduction of the five pence charge in October, which has also raised more than £29 million for good causes.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Keep Britain Tidy, Plaxx, Hanging ‘Braskets’ and Paul Vanston.

Ricardo Energy & Environment waste management consultant Dr. Nicholas Head argues that Brexit could kick start the circular economy in Britain.

Campaigns around paper cup recycling and over-packaging of Amazon products have been met with mixed comments from the resources industry after Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall highlighted them on the BBC.

The overproduction of bread and its role in the generation of food waste has come under fire from a campaign launched by The Real Junk Food Project, an organisation that intercepts and uses surplus food.

Three companies have been selected to trial innovative ways to boost the recovery of critical raw materials from household electrical waste.

The fight against the UK’s 10 million tonnes of annual food waste is to get ‘fresh messaging’ and ‘engaging campaigns’ following the development of a ‘Joint Ambition for a Zero Food Waste Britain’ by Hubbub and Unilever.

Two million tonnes of electrical waste has been collected by the REPIC compliance scheme since 2007, but what makes up the bulk of such a vast amount of waste?

Investigations have begun after a Wandsworth recycling centre run by Cory Environmental caught fire for the second time in a week.

Cory Environmental Group’s simplification of its waste collection services has continued with the sale of its national waste brokerage businesses to waste management services company Reconomy.