West Scotland MSP Stuart McMillan has written to the Scottish Government calling on it to ban large supermarkets from disposing of unsold food items.

Gwynedd Council is extending its three-weekly waste collection service to residents in Meirionnydd next week, and to those in Arfon in November.

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the measures it should implement in its revised Circular Economy Package to bring about sustainability.

The European Environmental Bureau has launched a new campaign promoting better product design, reuse, and recycling, in a bid to reduce waste and boost resource security.

Plastics Recyclers Europe is warning that increasing use of coloured PET packaging could lead to ‘a collapse in the PET & HDPE recycling industry’.

David and Lee Averies of fire-hit waste management company Averies Recycling are to appear in court next month on charges relating to environmental offences.

A fire broke out at an Inverness waste transfer station, run by SUEZ environnement, last night, after a ‘pressurised canister’ caught alight.

The European Commission will launch a public consultation on its revised circular economy package tomorrow, according to Defra’s Colin Church.

A man has been handed a seven-month prison sentence for illegally operating a waste facility near Burton-upon-Trent.

BBC Countryfile has highlighted the problem of green waste contamination in its latest episode, leading the Organics Recycling Group to call for better education on proper green waste disposal.