A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, Greggs carrier bags helping Keep Britain Tidy, Poundland recycling and an online can recycling game.

Only eight waste collection authorities have implemented changes to meet separate collection requirements for key recyclable materials, according to an Environment Agency report.

Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority is forecast to overspend by as much as £2.5 million by the end of the year.

McDonald’s UK has teamed up with paper manufacturer James Cropper in a new trial aimed at recycling the chain’s previously non-recyclable paper cups.

Anglesey will decide on Monday whether to introduce three-weekly bin collections as a way of meeting ambitious Welsh recycling targets.

The Kent Resource Partnership has been awarded funding of over £110,000 to support its plastics and metals recycling communications.

A series of ‘re-fashion’ events will be taking place across London this month in an experiment to fight fashion waste and raise awareness about the carbon footprint of our clothing.

A plastics economy based on a circular economy approach could ‘transform’ the plastics industry and ‘drastically reduce’ its environmental impact, according to a report by the World Economic Forum and Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

A new report published by the European Environment Agency draws attention to both the benefits and challenges in transitioning to a circular economy.

A Manchester waste plastic recycling firm has been made to pay £20,000 after an employee suffered ‘life changing injuries’ to his hand when it was dragged into a granulator machine.