The UK Plastics Pact has published its first annual report, highlighting members’ starting positions and developments towards the four targets.

Paul Vanston, CEO of the Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN), calls on the resources and waste industry to be bold in its actions to combat climate change and advance the circular economy in 2020.

Flintshire County Council could be set to introduce fines for residents that do not recycle their waste properly as part of a stronger approach to recycling enforcement.

The European Commission’s European Green Deal includes proposals to introduce an EU-wide model for the separate collection of waste and rules on minimum recycled content, promising a step change in the EU’s approach to resources and waste.

Local authorities across the UK are declaring Climate Emergencies, committing to reducing their carbon emissions to net zero. But how can their waste management contribute to that aim? Imogen Benson reports.

West Sussex County Council has announced that it will be ending payments of recycling credits to District and Borough Councils from 1 April 2020, claiming the system has ‘not driven any significant improvement in performance’.

CAG Oxfordshire (Community Action Groups Oxfordshire) is to become a community benefit society from December 2019, going it alone 18 years after it was set up.

Food preservation company Apeel Sciences has announced that its avocados are now on sale in Germany and Denmark.

The European Bioplastics annual market data update has confirmed that the bioplastics industry is set to grow over the next five years, though production levels pale in comparison to those of primary plastic production.

Annual November savings event, Black Friday, encourages excessive consumerism but this year organisations are promoting creative making, upcycling and repairing to bring communities together and reduce environmental damage.