The Waste & Resources Action Programme’s (WRAP) Recycle Now campaign has launched a suite of communications materials to help councils, brands and retailers allay consumer confusion on how to recycle different types of plastic.

The Polymark Consortium has developed a prototype chemical marker that can be added to food-contact PET and improve its sorting from mixed waste streams, according to an interim project report.

Guidance has been published to help operators of materials recycling facilities comply with upcoming regulations introduced by the Scottish Government.

Less frequent collection of dry recyclables and residual waste is one way to revive England’s sagging recycling rate, according to a new report released by SUEZ today.

European recycling of glass packaging rose to an all-time high in 2013, while PET packaging overcame market issues to increase its rate in 2014, according to two new sets of data.

Seven local authorities will this week launch a new Keep Britain Tidy scheme that will see local charities make more money the more litter is thrown away in residual waste bins.

Zero Waste Week, encouraging people across the UK to reuse and recycle materials to keep them from landfill, takes place this week, with events and activities taking place across the country.

The use of single-use carrier bags in Wales has dropped by 71 per cent since a charge was introduced in 2011, raising up to £22 million in the process, says a new Welsh Government report.

Up to 90 per cent of seabirds have ingested plastic and are likely to retain the harmful toxins, according to a new report.

Use of single-use carrier bags in Northern Ireland has risen by 8.2 per cent from the figure recorded for the first year after introducing a carrier bag levy, according to Department of the Environment statistics.