Zero Waste Week, encouraging people across the UK to reuse and recycle materials to keep them from landfill, takes place this week, with events and activities taking place across the country.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Notting Hill Carnival waste, a youth recycling scheme and a CIWM communications workshop.

The use of single-use carrier bags in Wales has dropped by 71 per cent since a charge was introduced in 2011, raising up to £22 million in the process, says a new Welsh Government report.

Oxfordshire County Council may ask the government to review its policy on providing household waste recycling centres for free, depending on the outcome of a debate on Tuesday.

Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East, will introduce a bill to Parliament next week to address the unsustainable levels of waste within the food industry.

If the 2.6 million tonnes of refuse-derived fuel exported from the UK in 2014 were processed domestically, it would contribute just 0.8 per cent to renewable electricity generation, says a new RDF Export Industry Group report.

The Environment Agency has received funding worth around £470,000 from the European Union to go towards tackling environmental crime.

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

Businesses and national litter groups have called for an advisory committee on litter to enable a coordinated, long-term plan in the fight against litter.

Rochdale Borough Council has finalised plans to change to three-weekly collections of recycling and residual waste after only 295 residents responded to a consultation.