Over 30 businesses, retailers and suppliers including Starbucks, Greggs and McDonald’s have pledged to take action to address the waste caused by disposable paper cups.

New appointments have been made at WRAP, S Norton & Co and the Confederation of European Paper Industries.

A new recycling process could see half of the annual volume of UK coffee cups recycled to form a mouldable resin, thereby reducing unsustainable takeaway cup waste

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new contract for Casepak, Huhtamaki investment and Bristol’s Big Green Week.

The median cost of sending waste to MRFs has increased by 316 per cent in the past year, according to the WRAP.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a Resource Efficient Scotland programme, unexploded World War II artefacts, Smurfit Kappa's redeveloped recycling depot network and a Resource Futures environmental workshop.

The latest materials facilities reporting data shows a consistent level of target input and output, with the number of facilities taking part remaining lower than originally anticipated.

Simon Weston, Director of Raw Materials at the Confederation of Paper Industries, provides an update to the state of the recycled paper market.

The Director General of the Confederation of Paper Industries, David Workman, is to step down later this year after six years in the role.

A large fire engulfed a warehouse containing paper, rubber, plastic and cardboard at a materials recovery facility run by Weir Waste Services near Birmingham last night.