Four out of five Scottish residents back the Scottish Government’s proposed model for a deposit return scheme, with environmental protection their primary motivation.

Municipal waste data from Eurostat shows that the UK’s recycling rate remains some way short of the EU’s top recycling nations, though it performs better when it comes to diverting waste from landfill.

Sainsbury’s and TOMRA are teaming up to trial the first supermarket return scheme for drinks containers that includes glass – as Scottish support for an ‘all-in’ DRS builds.

The trade body British Glass has written an open letter to the Scottish Government raising issues with the inclusion of glass in Scotland’s proposed deposit return scheme.

David Ward Jnr, head of Ward SP, wants demolition and construction companies to maximise their recycling.

A survey of 5,000 UK householders suggests thousands of tonnes of repairable appliances go to landfill each year as people don’t know what to do with them when they break.

Ashford Borough Council in Kent has launched a new campaign to tackle the increase of incorrect items entering the recycling stream.

New figures from the Royal Society of Chemistry reveal that more than half of UK households have at least one unused electrical device, with 82 per cent having no plans to recycle or sell on their devices.

Glasgow’s new state-of-the-art recycling centre aims to save 90,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year.

Associated Waste Management has joined forces with Dublin-based events specialist Ryans Cleaning Services to deliver a waste solution for Festival Republic at Leeds Festival 2019.