Around 420,000 tonnes of beverage cartons were recycled in 2014, representing a recycling rate of 43 per cent in Europe.

One man has died and another was seriously injured following an incident at a recycling facility in Newton Aycliffe, Country Durham on Saturday.

The UK’s total household waste recycling rate rose to 44.9 per cent in 2014, up from 44.1 per cent in 2013, according to official statistics released today (15 December) by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

AkzoNobel and the Community RePaint network have launched the first UK manufacturing hub for social reuse in Cambridgeshire.

Moray Council’s resource management team has become the first in Scotland to sign up to a national commitment to prioritise health and safety, managed by Zero Waste Scotland.

Politicians have hailed the ‘landmark global agreement’ reached in Paris at COP21 on Saturday, while environmental and social justice groups criticised its voluntary nature and the lack of a clear pathway to emission reduction.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new MRF, a recycling initiative to help the homeless, a zero waste map and a waste time capsule.

Members of the French Parliament have confrimed their support for food waste action after voting unanimously to adopt a bill requiring supermarkets to donate unused food to charity yesterday.

Existing finance of €24 billion will be extended to support circular economy projects and the realisation of EU climate goals, the European Commission announced yesterday.

Expansion of the circular economy could create more than 40,000 jobs in London by 2030 and simultaneously drive resource efficiency, according to a new report.