Tesco has reported a 78 per cent reduction in the amount of carrier bags used in English stores since the implementation of the carrier bag charge on 5 October.

Environmental consultancy Resource Futures has announced that Operations Director Sam Reeve will take the helm in 2016.

The Plastics Recycling Show Europe has been rescheduled for March after last month’s heightened threat level in Brussels forced organisers to postpone [http://resource.co/article/prs-postponed-after-brussels-warning-10660] the event.

The National Assembly of Wales will debate tomorrow on the possibility of a deposit-return scheme, weeks after the Welsh Conservatives announced that a Conservative government would introduce a pilot system.

Officers from Natural Resources Wales are conducting an investigation at a Newport wood recycling facility where a fire broke out over the weekend.

A new social platform designed to fix the logistical problem of redistributing surplus food from retailers and supermarkets to local charities and food banks launched yesterday.

RECOUP has become the latest industry body to buy into the On Pack Recycling Label scheme, in an effort to improve recycling of plastic packaging materials.

An inquiry into the Glasgow bin lorry crash that killed six pedestrians last year has concluded that the tragedy could have been avoided if the driver had not hidden his history of blackouts.

Chipboard manufacturer Sonae Industria (UK) and equipment specialist Valment Ltd have been made to pay £624,000 following the ‘most horrific’ deaths of two workers in 2010.

Zero Waste Scotland’s eight-week #DesignDoc social media campaign, which saw voters choose upcycling designs for secondhand furniture, has concluded with an interactive event in Edinburgh.