The Plastics Recycling Show Europe has been rescheduled for March after last month’s heightened threat level in Brussels forced organisers to postpone [http://resource.co/article/prs-postponed-after-brussels-warning-10660] the event.

A voluntary framework for consistent recycling systems across Scotland has today been announced by the Scottish Government and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.

Quality must not be compromised as demand for increased recycling grows, warns a new report published by packaging company DS Smith today (9 December).

Recycle Now is encouraging consumers to recycle the 290,000 tonnes of card packaging that will be used in the UK this Christmas, with six festive recycling tips.

The National Assembly of Wales will debate tomorrow on the possibility of a deposit-return scheme, weeks after the Welsh Conservatives announced that a Conservative government would introduce a pilot system.

Officers from Natural Resources Wales are conducting an investigation at a Newport wood recycling facility where a fire broke out over the weekend.

RECOUP has become the latest industry body to buy into the On Pack Recycling Label scheme, in an effort to improve recycling of plastic packaging materials.

Zero Waste Scotland’s eight-week #DesignDoc social media campaign, which saw voters choose upcycling designs for secondhand furniture, has concluded with an interactive event in Edinburgh.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a festive food bank campaign, ID checks at HWRCs and a new CEO for Cory Environmental.

Food waste at a restaurant owned by celebrity chef and waste campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has been cut by a third after a pilot project testing a ‘smart meter’.