National anti-litter charity Keep Britain Tidy says that England should ‘hang its head in shame’, after Wales announced this week [http://resource.co/article/wales-eclipses-national-recycling-target-11138] that its recycling rate had reached 59 per cent.

Ambition around reducing waste and improving the quality of recycling should not be sacrificed in the race to set ever higher ‘headline’ targets, says CIWM Chief Executive Steve Lee.

The Marine Conservation Society has asked for volunteers to join in ‘The Great British Beach Clean’, an annual weekend dedicated to picking and monitoring coastal litter.

The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has today set out its desired amendments to the Circular Economy Package, including increased recycling targets, the removal of TEEP exemptions to the separate collection of materials and mandatory separate food waste collection.

The Welsh recycling rate for local authority collected municipal waste rose to 59 per cent for the 12 months to December 2015, meeting its target of 58 per cent for the end of the 2015/16 financial year.

Veolia has been named as the preferred bidder for an eight-year contract to deliver harmonised waste collection and street cleansing across four boroughs in South London.

Resource Association Chief Executive Ray Georgeson has called for clarity in recycling measurement to repair the current ‘worthless’ European league tables.

Government proposals to restrict plant sizes and feedstocks will ‘kill off’ promising anaerobic digestion projects, according to ADBA.

A slowdown of mobile phone upgrade cycles has helped cut CO2 emissions in half, according to a Green Alliance report, which also reveals customers want to use their phones for longer.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including sustainable coffins, an award for the Winnow food waste meter, new bioplastic bags and an ocean waste-themed recycling forum.