Italian manufacturer Ecostar has chosen Cheshire-based Matpro as the sole distributor of its waste processing machinery in the UK and Ireland.

At the Circular Economy Hotspot 2018, an international conference this year held in Glasgow, it was announced that the city will be publishing Scotland’s first ‘Circular Economy Route Map’.

Toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and more could now be recycled in the UK after Colgate has announced a new programme in partnership with TerraCycle.

A new app will allow users to find appropriate treatment facilities for their waste according to the type of waste, type of waste activity and location.

Reports from Zero Waste Scotland show how circular business practices could bring an economic boost of up to £1 billion for just two Scottish regions alone.

Clothes Doctor, a fashion repair and reuse startup, has launched a campaign for public investment and raised £100,000 in just a few hours.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has unveiled a new global commitment to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at its source.

A tax will be placed on the manufacture and import of plastic packaging containing less than 30 per cent recycled plastic, the Treasury’s Autumn Statement has revealed, though a coffee cup levy will not be introduced.

A solution to household waste promises to save up to 1,200kg of carbon per year by converting domestic debris into energy.

Around five million tonnes of fossil-based CO2 was emitted from the UK’s waste incinerators in 2017 from the burning of fossil-based materials such as plastics, according to a new report by the UK Without Incineration Network.