Scotland’s Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee approves carrier bag charge regulations.

Plastics Recyclers Europe is to develop PET recycling guidelines due to the large amount of PET trays not being recycled.

Researchers at IBM Almaden Research Center have created the ‘first’ thermoset plastics that are completely recyclable.

Libby Peake learns how scientists at IBM are using plastic waste to create superbug-fighting nanoparticles.

Organisations tell Scottish Parliament that a circular economy holds ‘huge potential’ and should be a ‘top priority’ .

Waste management firm Viridor invests more than £1 million in a new flake optical sorting station at its polymer facility.

Ecover has announced it will launch a washing-up liquid bottle made from reclaimed ocean plastic by June 2014.

Energy Secretary Edward Davey MP and London MEP Baroness Sarah Ludford visit the UK’s ‘first’ plastic film recycling plant.

Thousands of tonnes of plastics are still burning at the Scunthorpe site of Thompson Waste, two days after the fire started.

Resource Association is to produce a new chart to help councils understand what ‘high-quality recycling’ means to UK reprocessors.