A Welsh Assembly committee has called for the government to take swift action on plastic pollution, including banning wet wipes and introducing a deposit return scheme for drinks containers.

The French Government is set to ban the destruction of unsold non-food goods as part of new legislation on the circular economy, though concerns have been raised that it does not go far enough.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including NLWA, Casepak and Clarity Environmental.

MPs are calling for immediate action to introduce an extended producer responsibility regime for packaging based on the ‘polluter pays’ principle.

Three men have been handed prison sentences following an 18-month fly-tipping spree and have been ordered to pay back more than £200,000 in proceeds.

A new website has been launched by Zero Waste Scotland to provide businesses across Scotland with the tools they need to switch to circular economy business models.

The Malaysian Government has announced that it will be sending back around 3,000 tonnes of contaminated plastic waste imported from developed countries.

Consumers want clear recycling information on the front of plastic packaging to reduce confusion, according to a new study by plastics recycling charity RECOUP.

Plastic straws, drinks stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds will be banned in England from April 2020, Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced.

WRAP has released a progress report detailing the steps taken by members of the UK Plastics Pact to tackle plastics pollution, including removing black plastic packaging and replacing plastic cutlery and straws.