The Environmental Audit Committee calls on government to ban the landfilling of food waste to help boost the circular economy.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council has installed 28 new recycling bins across the borough after receiving a Recycle on the Go grant.

Local authorities in Northern Ireland sent 103,000 tonnes of municipal waste to landfill between January and March 2014, a record low.

The Ardagh Group and glass recycling company Reuse launch partnership to deliver better quality glass cullet from co-mingled recycling.

Clothing donations to Salvation Army charity shops and recycling banks help raise a ‘record’ £10.1 million for charity.

Epping Forest is to continue using a twin stream co-mingled recycling service, after Biffa finds that separate collections would not be TEEP.

Firefighters to remain at Averies Recycling plant in Swindon ‘for some days’ following ‘significant‘ fire.

Neath Port Talbot Council is to roll out a new recycling system from the end of July, in a bid to improve recycling rates.

Food and garden waste collected from Scottish households has been used to help construct venues for the Commonwealth Games.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including: GPS Group, Isys Interactive Systems and Simply Cups.