A draft version of England’s Single Use Carrier Bag Charges (England) Order has been published, clarifying which bags will fall under the charge in 2015.

Kerbside collections of plastic pots, tubs and trays are becoming increasingly common in the UK, with 27 more authorities collecting them in 2013 than in 2012.

The National Assembly for Wales’s Environment and Sustainability Committee has published its findings on the state of recycling in Wales.

The Welsh Government has published statutory guidance on the separate collection of waste paper, metal, plastic and glass.

Retailers in England will be required to report details of their plastic bag charging schemes to central government, a new letter has revealed.

Around a quarter of UK householders are ‘highly effective’ recyclers but the majority are still confused over what can and cannot be recycled, a new WRAP report has found.

Investment company AURELIUS has acquired plastics reprocessing company ECO Plastics for an undisclosed sum, it has been announced today (12 December).

Keep Scotland Beautiful tells Stop Litter Now! summit that the EU’s litter problem costs member states a total of £10 billion a year.

Wakefield Council is to move to co-mingled recycling collections in 2015, after internal TEEP test finds separate collections to be neither economically nor environmentally practicable.

One fire engine remains at the site of a waste fire that has been burning in Newhaven for four days, despite the Fire Brigades Union going on strike today.