Scotland’s Environment Secretary has launched a social media campaign to promote the repair, reuse and remanufacturing of goods to kick-start the circular economy.

Global paints and chemicals company AkzoNobel has called on the UK government to standardise waste management infrastructure to facilitate the creation of a ‘closed-loop’ system for recycling unused paints.

Merseyside Police is seeking information, after members of a Biffa street cleansing team in Birkenhead were repeatedly fired upon by two youths with ball-bearing guns.

Four Welsh councils have been spared fines imposed by the Welsh Government for failing to hit recycling targets, after successfully demonstrating that they intend to improve their performance.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Croydon Council, ERP UK, DS Envrionmental, EMR, and enitial.

Construction has begun on a new aggregate manufacturing facility near Bristol that claims to produce the ‘world’s first carbon negative aggregate’.

Financial services corporation ING calls on the financial sector to change its approach to financing circular economy business models, which ‘challenge standard banking solutions’.

Authorities visit businesses in Boston, Lincolnshire to clamp down on illegal vehicle and scrap metal dealers in the area.

A Rotherham-based metal recycling firm, CF Booth Ltd, has been fined £15,000 for safety failings after a young worker was seriously injured by unguarded machinery.

Fife Council has become the fifth local authority to sign up to Scotland’s Resource Sector Commitment.