Re-Gen Waste Ltd has made a £2-million investment in its Newry plant with another £7 million to be spent within 3 years.

Cross-industry group The Black Plastic Packaging Recycling Forum has agreed a range of new actions and commitments to tackle the long-standing challenge of recycling black plastic packaging.

Selfridges has announced that it will be upcycling used coffee cups from its food hall and headquarters into its iconic yellow shopping bags.

Less than three per cent of Kent’s household waste was sent to landfill in 2016/17, according to provisional performance data from the Kent Resource Partnership (KRP)’s annual report released today.

Unite, the trade union, and Birmingham city council face a protracted legal battle as a High Court ruling on Wednesday labeled the council’s issue of redundancy notices to 113 Grade Three refuse workers as ‘unlawful’, with strike action suspended for the immediate future.

Online sellers should be legally required to take on the duties of ‘producer’ under the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive amid accusations of freeriding, say WEEE collection and recycling associations.

BBC favourite Reggie Yates sheds light on the issue of illegal electronic waste dumping by spending a week at a toxic waste dump in Agbogbloshie, Ghana, as part of his documentary series, ‘The Insider.’

Waste management company Viridor has released its Sustainability Report 2017, outlining the progress the company has made in relation to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, including its investment in Energy-from-Waste facilities to provide clean and affordable energy.

A circular economy could reduce London’s waste by 60 per cent by 2041 and should be implemented in order to combat falling recycling rates, according to a London Assembly Environment Committee report.

Birmingham refuse workers belonging to the trade union Unite have once again voted to extend strike action as their dispute with Birmingham city council rumbles on.