A deposit return scheme for drinks containers will be introduced in England later this year subject to the results of a consultation, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed today (28 March).

The UK is set to throw away a third more single-use coffee cups by 2030, according to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Eunomia Research & Consulting, which predicts the UK’s total plastic waste will increase by 20 per cent.

FIFA is taking steps to make football more sustainable, starting with the pitches: the organisation has recently recycled the artificial turf at its Zurich headquarters and hopes that others will follow suit.

The Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) has gained three new members representing the retail, glass and waste management sectors, including SUEZ UK’s Technical Director Stuart Hayward-Higham.

Packaging company DS Smith believes it can recycle all the UK’s coffee cup waste, which amounts to 2.5 billion cups, at its paper mill in Kent.

The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has elected wood recycler Jamie Plevin of R Plevin & Sons to its executive board.

Defra’s proposed collection target for WEEE in 2018 is  lower than the missed 2017 target, triggering dismay from the industry.

Wales could be set to target an 80 per cent municipal waste recycling rate by 2035, according to Welsh Minister for Environment Hannah Blythyn at the CIWM Resource Conference Cymru yesterday (14 March).

There has been good news for investors in the UK anaerobic digestion market. Foresight Group explains how to finance AD plants and grow organisations.

Swindon-based Recycling Technologies Ltd, which turns waste plastic into a crude oil equivalent, has appointed two new non-executive directors to its leadership board.