With over half of the UK public agreeing that sustainability is a key factor in choosing the clothes they wear, WRAP has urged UK businesses to demonstrate their commitment to tackling the carbon footprint of producing clothes by joining Textiles 2030.

The waste container manufacturer has announced the launch of a new galvanised steel lid

WasteAid has announced a new partnership with Douala-based RED-PLAST, under its programme to prevent plastic pollution.

Green Alliance research finds that identifying and penalising producers of low-quality electronics could drive efficiencies annually worth up to 800,000 tonnes of avoided carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.

Innovate UK’s Global Challenge Fund awards £9.3 million funding to consortium to develop model to develop sector of informal dismantlers of e-waste.

Following Italy’s Prime Ministerial Decree on 25 October, which banned physical attendance at exhibitions, the Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) has reorganised Ecomondo and Key Energy 2020 to take place on its digital platform from 3 to 15 November 2020.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources industry, including Abel & Cole, Viridor and SUEZ.

The Environment Agency has announced that 21 containers containing illegal waste materials have been returned to their point of origin in the UK.

The Wood Recyclers’ Association has called on the Welsh Government to keep HWRCs open during the country’s ‘firebreak’ measures to stop the spread of Covid-19.

Dog toy company Kong has made a payout of almost £5,000 to environmental projects after being found by the Environment Agency (EA) to have breached packaging waste regulations in the years 2012-15.