A study offering four models for the evolution of the UK’s producer responsibility system was launched by compliance scheme Valpak at the Resourcing the Future Conference.

Scottish manufacturing SMEs with innovative circular economy ideas or projects are being encouraged to access up to £1 million in grant funding to explore sustainable business opportunities and aid the transition to circular business models.

Online electrical products retailer AO has completed the acquisition of The Recycling Group (TRG) and established a new recycling branch, AO Recycling, which aims to recycle a fifth of the UK’s waste fridges every year.

Fears about the future of UK environmental regulation and the legal oversight and case law on resources persist on the anniversary of the referendum that kicked off Brexit.

Conwy County Borough Council has revealed that recycling has increased by 17 per cent since trial four-weekly refuse collections began in September 2016.

Waste services firm Veolia has launched a national coffee cup recycling service for offices after research found that over half of regular takeaway hot drink consumers dispose of their cup at work.

The Trade Association Group, the umbrella group comprising the UK’s top waste and resource management organisations, has restated its priorities for the sector in a letter to newly appointed Environment Secretary Michael Gove.

A route map to turn London into one of the world’s most resource efficient cities has been launched by LWARB, calling on stakeholders from local government to community groups to carry out a range of actions targeting five key areas including food waste and plastics.

A new packaging law has been approved by the German parliament, stipulating raised recycling targets for plastic packaging waste and recognising bioplastics as a renewable alternative for packaging.

More than 100 firefighters were called to a SUEZ waste transfer station in the town of Pool, Cornwall, after a store of plastic for recycling caught fire on Saturday evening.