British Plastics Federation calls for reform of PRN system to allow organisations to ‘offset’ obligation.

Zero Waste Scotland produces waste avoidance guide for The Big Lunch to help people ‘have fun and avoid waste’.

The Co-operative Group announces that it will divert all waste produced at its food stores from landfill by July 2013.

With co-mingling here to stay, MRFs will remain an integral part of the UK recycling scene. But how can they deliver the right quality of material? Will Simpson finds out if the proposed MRF Code of Practice sampling regime is up to the task

University of Exeter and Coca-Cola Enterprises launch study into the UK’s ‘value/action gap’ in regards to recycling.

Though DRSs sound like a good idea, they’re not always as straightforward and beneficial as they first appear, according to Jane Bickerstaffe, who says they only work in the right circumstances

Zero Waste Scotland recently launched nine pilot projects that reward consumers for recycling their used drink containers. Iain Gulland tells Resource what he hopes the trials will achieve

Deposit-refund schemes: some love them, some hate them. Resource sums up the main issues surrounding this contentious recycling issue

South Australia has a very established deposit-refund scheme that has been operating since the ’70s. Susanna Prouse finds out how the system has evolved and whether the rest of Australia could soon follow suit

Grocery brands pledge to cut 1.1 million tonnes of waste by 2015 as the third phase of the Courtauld Commitment begins.