Veolia has revealed that it is ‘confident’ that an agreement can be reached over its waste management contract with Sheffield City Council

£665,000 of new funding has been announced to help local authorities promote the re-use and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment.

Consumers don’t know how to distinguish between different types of lamp when recycling them as waste, a new survey has found.

The UK’s PRN system received a vote of confidence from Defra this month, but paper packaging producer and reprocessor DS Smith says that while the system is fine now, plans for future improvements should be considered.

The quality and quantity of Scotland’s recycling is being held back by contamination of the waste being sent to the country’s MRFs, according to SEPA.

The UK is currently on course to meet recycling obligations for all key packaging materials, according to new figures, though the potential Chinese ban on some imports could see more price volatility on the horizon.

A consortium of plastics processors and manufacturers has been awarded a £1.47-million European investment to investigate alternatives to the ‘urgent’ problem of unrecyclable black plastics.

Fashion designer Stella McCartney is using her Winter 2017 ad campaign to showcase images of waste and overconsumption to send strong message about sustainability.

Kerbside sort systems hold the key to unlocking over £50 million of economic potential of high quality recyclables in Northern Ireland, according to a Collaborative Circular Economy Network study.

China is seeking a ban on the import of all scrap plastics and unsorted waste paper, a move that some recyclers have said could cause ‘chaos’ in meeting recycling targets and a rise in PRN prices.