A £25-million glass recycling facility in Lanarkshire will benefit Scottish drinks manufacturers, according to Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead, who opened it yesterday.

Rochdale Borough Council has finalised plans to change to three-weekly collections of recycling and residual waste after only 295 residents responded to a consultation.

The Waste & Resources Action Programme has highlighted a need for a ‘whole-systems’ vision for the EU’s upcoming Circular Economy Package, as well as a focus on food waste and innovative business models.

Just 35 per cent of WEEE disposed of in Europe in 2012 was collected and recycled by regulated processors, a two-year study funded by the European Union has found.

Natural Resources Wales is closely monitoring a fire at a recycling plant in the Vale of Glamorgan, which is still burning after starting on Sunday.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including an Environment Agency investigation, a waste survey and biofuel takeover.

High street retailer H&M has launched its inaugural Global Change Award, offering €1 million of funding to five innovative ideas addressing the issue of sustainability in fashion.

Shanks’ Mechanical Biological Treatment facility on Frog Island, East London, is now fully operational after a partial reconstruction following a fire in August 2014.

High street fashion brand H&M is taking steps to ‘close the loop’ on its products worldwide by introducing 16 new denim styles using recycled cotton from textiles collected in stores.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including EEF’s sustainability service, a new waste transfer station and a hunt for fly-tippers.