Two new recycling initiatives designed to promote plastic recycling in Cornwall have been launched.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including rugby hoarding recycling, zero landfill restaurants and can recycling in forecourts.

Northern Ireland has fallen short of its 45 per cent recycling rate target for 2015, reporting a national figure of 41.4 in new data.

Provisional data for the first quarter of 2015/16 shows that the average recycling rate in Wales has risen to 57 per cent.

Friends of the Earth Europe has called for the European Commission to ramp up the ambition of its upcoming Circular Economy Package, after a leaked draft implied that expected measures have been watered down.

Reports have emerged that waste management group Biffa is seeking takeover bids, as the company announces a 19.4 per cent increase in pre-tax earnings.

The benefits of better waste management in the EU to greenhouse gas emissions are obscured by current statistics reporting, says Eunomia.

Northern Irish councils could save up to £4 million while boosting the country’s economy through universal adoption of a stacked recycling box system, says Bryson Recycling.

Blaenau Gwent council has pledged to resolve resident concerns around its new kerbside sort recycling system, after a protest last week outside its offices.

Plastics Recycling Show (PRS) Europe, a two-day conference for members of the plastics and recycling industries, has been postponed and may be cancelled after Brussels was put on the highest level of terror alert this weekend.