The UK’s plastic packaging recycling rate could be 9-10 percentage points lower than official figures, according to a report from Eunomia Research & Consulting.

In the wake of concerns from the Environment Agency that hazardous waste wood is being wrongly classified, the Wood Recyclers Association has published a best practice guide for reporting hazardous waste.

An auction is underway for the UK’s largest energy-from-waste (EfW) plant in London, set to be sold for £1.5 billion or higher.

Collection targets for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for 2017 have been missed, according to the latest statistics from the Environment Agency (EA).

Plans for Conwy Borough Council to bring in four-weekly residual waste collections have been delayed due to residents having problems with the system.

SUEZ recycling & recovery UK has begun utilising a new data platform, bringing together information from across the entire organisation to better facilitate moves towards increased circularity.

The UK’s annual lamp recycling rate for 2017 has increased to 48.5 per cent, up from 47.5 per cent in 2016, according to data released by the Environment Agency yesterday (1 March).

The UK’s leading tea brand PG Tips is switching to fully biodegradable tea bags in a bid to reduce plastic pollution, it was announced on Wednesday (28 February).

Enfield Council is on the road to greener infrastructure with the news that it has begun resurfacing its roads using asphalt made from recycled plastics.

A new online platform aimed at making the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) easier has been launched by European industry bodies yesterday (28 February).