Cardiff Council has urged residents to continue to separate recyclables at the kerbside despite announcing it had taken the “temporary measure” to send recyclables for incineration during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Local authorities have reported large increases in household waste arisings during the Covid-19 outbreak and huge falls in commercial waste arisings, according to an ADEPT survey.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released guidance to local authorities on prioritising waste collection services during the coronavirus outbreak.

The first results from an ADEPT online survey for English local authorities to establish the impact of Covid-19 on waste and recycling services show the majority of services are continuing, but certain services such as garden and bulky waste collections have been hard hit.

The Scottish Government has delayed its deposit return scheme (DRS) until July 2022 amid concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic.

A recent survey carried out by Every Can Counts found that the UK public wants more can recycling facilities in public spaces, with 60 per cent calling for street recycling facilities.

New figures from the Environment Agency (EA) have revealed that the UK has missed its battery collection target by 258 tonnes.

A series of polls have found significant public support in Nordic countries for the ‘variable’ deposit return scheme (DRS) model, where the deposit fee is determined by the container’s size and material.

The Reuse Network has published its 2019 Social Impact Report, revealing that its member  organisations reused 3.7 million furniture and electrical items in 2019.

Aluminium recycling organisation Alupro has criticised the high Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) price for aluminium packaging in 2019 in light of record aluminium recycling figures.