The risk posed to the waste and resources sector by Brexit has increased over the last few months, with the UK falling further behind EU standards and ambition, according to Greener UK’s latest Brexit Risk Tracker.

Waste management company Veolia is supporting a Social Distancing Ambassadors campaign to safeguard the reopening of London’s West End shopping district.

84 per cent of the British public believes all drinks containers should be included in the government’s proposed deposit return scheme (DRS), a new poll finds.

Chinese customs authorities have intercepted over 500,000 tonnes of illegal waste under the ‘Blue Sky 2020’ campaign and plan to continue the crackdown on illicit domestic and foreign waste imports.

Garden waste collections may be made free by the passing of the Environment Bill to improve consistency in recycling, says Environment Secretary George Eustice.

Biffa has released safety guidelines for the disposal of BBQs and other hazardous items, after a rise in fires as people attend gatherings following the easing of lockdown restrictions.

A dedicated biomethane gas filling station will open at the John Lewis Partnership’s head office in Bracknell later this year, the company has announced today (18 June).

The Local Authority Recycling Authority (LARAC) has cancelled its conference, due to be held in Birmingham in October, in light of Covid-19 safety concerns and will instead explore opportunities to go online.

Powys County Council in Wales has condemned “antisocial acts” and “selfish behaviour” leading to the contamination of tonnes of recyclable material, warning if misuse of community recycling sites continues they risk closure.

Residual and recycling collection services have been experiencing increases in disruption for the past three weeks and commercial collections remain significantly disrupted, according to the latest Covid-19 local authority (LA) impacts survey.