PowerHouse Energy, the developer of waste-to-hydrogen technology, has signed an agreement for engineering services with Waste2Tricity.

A £4-million Materials Recovery Facility has been opened in Bristol by local waste management company ETM Recycling, increasing capacity to 150,000 tonnes of waste a year.

Coffee chain Starbucks and environmental charity Hubbub have come together to launch The Cup Fund, which will see grants going to at least 10 large-scale cup recycling projects.

Workers belong to the Unite union at the Sellafield nuclear waste reprocessing facility in Cumbria have voted to strike in a dispute over pay with facilities management outsourcer Mitie.

Tesco has launched a new collection scheme for hard-to-recycle plastics in partnership with Swindon reprocessing company Recycling Technologies.

Since its inception in 1993, Community RePaint has been working to reuse as much leftover paint as possible, redistributing 5.5 million litres to community organisations and low-income individuals at affordable prices, and providing training opportunities for people out of work up and down the country.

The UK will not be able to meet its 2035 recycling targets without sweeping change, according to a new report from packaging producer DS Smith.

Coral Products (Mouldings) Ltd has just launched its new 360-degree circular economy plastic recycling plant in Haydock, Merseyside, as it seeks to minimise plastic waste sent to landfill.

New reforms, including a deposit return scheme (DRS), could see aluminium recycling almost double if implemented, preventing around £50 million of wasted resources each year, according to a new report by environmental think tank Green Alliance.

The Indian Government has banned all imports of solid plastics waste as part of a drive to tackle pollution and littering.