The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is to begin a consultation process looking at improvements to Scotland’s compliance assessment scheme for environmental permits.

RWM, the exhibition for recycling and waste management, takes place in Birmingham next week, and will this year focus on innovation and insight on circular economy ambitions.

A £25-million glass recycling facility in Lanarkshire will benefit Scottish drinks manufacturers, according to Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead, who opened it yesterday.

The Waste & Resources Action Programme has highlighted a need for a ‘whole-systems’ vision for the EU’s upcoming Circular Economy Package, as well as a focus on food waste and innovative business models.

Just 35 per cent of WEEE disposed of in Europe in 2012 was collected and recycled by regulated processors, a two-year study funded by the European Union has found.

Alupro has announced revisions to the protocol applied to aluminium packaging recovered from incinerator bottom ash, following approval from Defra and the Environment Agencies.

Zero Waste Scotland is advertising for two designers for a 12-week residency promoting sustainable clothing practices as part of the ‘Love Your Clothes’ campaign.

High street fashion brand H&M is taking steps to ‘close the loop’ on its products worldwide by introducing 16 new denim styles using recycled cotton from textiles collected in stores.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is taking steps to improve compliance of aluminium reprocessors, following a shortfall in PRNs issued towards tatutory business targets for 2015.

The public consultation on the European Commission’s Circular Economy package ended on Thursday, with some groups publishing their responses.