Members of Carpet Recycling UK recycled, reused or recovered 28 per cent of waste carpet in 2014, but missed self-imposed 2014 targets.

The UK Green Investment Bank is launching a £50-million investment fund to support biomass projects.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has released its first ‘Digest of Waste and Resource Statistics’ collating official UK waste statistics for ‘ease of use’.

Thirteen teams of 16 to 24-year-olds across the UK have been awarded £500 to develop local sustainability campaigns in Lloyds Banking Group’s ‘Money for Life’ challenge.

New research published by FCC suggests that citizens in urban areas do not value waste services as highly as other forms of infrastructure.

A new power plant that recovers used cooking oil to produce electricity has been officially opened in North Yorkshire.

The Advisory Committee on Packaging has announced its new members, which include Jonathan Short of ECO Plastics and Rick Hindley of Alupro.

New data published for the second quarter of 2014/15 shows that, for the first time since 2009/10, household recycling rates have stalled in Northern Ireland.

Britain could create up to 517,000 jobs by achieving its circular economy ambitions, a new study by WRAP and Green Alliance has found.

Zero Waste Scotland has released a report highlighting how Scotland can ‘capitalise on the industrial and economic opportunities of a more circular economy’.