40 per cent of South Staffordshire Council’s waste and recycling staff cannot work due to Covid-19, causing delays and disruption to the collection schedule

Two million tonnes of PRNs traded in one calendar year for the first time

Waste management company new facility in Runcorn will increase wood processing capacity by 50,000 tonnes

With mandatory food waste collections now on the horizon decisions need to be made about collection and treatment. WRM Director Ben Brown considers what this means for the coming year

The steering group will reconvene in January to examine the WRAP recommendation that PAS 9017 tests for microplastics during the breakdown process

The funding comes as part of the Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge to improve the consumer and retailer packaging supply chain

SUEZ’s household waste, recycling collection and processing contract with Warwick District Council has been extended

New research by consultancy Sancroft finds biodegradable liners to be best economic and environmental option for food waste collections sent to anaerobic digestion facilities

The EU-funded project will aim to produce ABS plastics from feedstock recycling.

A study commissioned by Zero Waste Europe has found beverage carton recycling rates are lower than previously reported in Germany, Spain, Sweden and the UK