Industry bodies have given their views on altered business packaging targets for plastic and glass after a Defra consultation closed last month.

Luton Borough Council is considering implementing a compulsory recycling system that would see officers visit and potentially fine residents who fail to recycle their household waste.

The Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association has called on government to take more action to support AD, after it emerged that parliament uses the treatment method to dispose of all of its food waste.

The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management has launched a year-long campaign against waste crime by announcing that it will be contributing almost £50,000 to an initiative raising business awareness of the Duty of Care.

Waste management company Veolia has completed the purchase of Boomeco Limited, a waste wood processor and producer of refuse-derived fuel based in the South West of England.

Restaurants in France are now legally obliged to sort their food waste, and are being encouraged to provide doggy bags for customers’ leftover food if requested.

The UK should follow the example of the United States and ban manufacturers from using plastic microbeads in cosmetics and soaps, says Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett.

The UK is still on course to exceed the waste infrastructure it will need in the future, says Eunomia Research & Consulting, especially if it is to achieve the Circular Economy Package’s higher levels of recycling.

Andrew Bird, Chair of the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC), considers whether harmonisation in recycling collections is really the way forward.

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council is to reintroduce rear-lane recycling collections to 19 areas from January, after protests about the implementation of a new waste collection system.