DS Smith has announced its involvement in a trial to analyse the feasibility of new recycling techniques for notoriously difficult-to-recycle single-use coffee cups.

The CPI has joined the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment UK, the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee, and RECOUP as guarantors of the On-Pack Recycling Label.

Leading recycling nations may be overstating their recycling figures, with adjusted figures released by Eunomia revealing that the top countries are recycling over 10 per cent less than reported.

EAC Chair Mary Creagh has written to Education Secretary Justine Greening urging her to include the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the National Curriculum.

With the NHS under strain, could a more effective waste management strategy provide some relief?

Environment Secretary Michael Gove has called for a cross-sector plan to tackle the challenges posed by plastic packaging at a ‘Plastics Roundtable’ with industry leaders last Friday.

A new campaign from environmental charity Hubbub will educate children about the problem of plastic waste while helping to clear London’s waterways of litter.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector including a job-saving takeover of Gelpack, new capacity for Novamont and more community funding from Veolia.

Shoppers will be given a simpler, more consistent range of storage and date advice on food packaging after new WRAP guidance presented a new industry standard for date labelling and storage advice used by food manufacturers and retailers.

Thatchers Cider has contracted Middleton Engineering to install a baler system at its Somerset base to deal with waste at source.