Plastics Recyclers Europe is to develop PET recycling guidelines due to the large amount of PET trays not being recycled.

Scottish Government launches consultation on draft subordinate Landfill Tax legislation to ensure it is ‘effective and efficient’.

Keep Britain Tidy has launched a Litter Prevention Commitment in a bid to solve Britain’s ‘litter problem’.

Waste management company Viridor begins construction work on its new £12.5 million plastics recycling facility in Rochester.

Organisations tell Scottish Parliament that a circular economy holds ‘huge potential’ and should be a ‘top priority’ .

Green Investment Bank to invest £7.5 million in a new £15 million anaerobic digestion and composting plant in Enfield, London.

The Materials Recovery Facility Regulations will not cover facilities that only accept general waste, says Environment Agency.

Ecover has announced it will launch a washing-up liquid bottle made from reclaimed ocean plastic by June 2014.

A businessman in Harrogate has set up a new waste collection business in reaction to the council’s fortnightly waste collections.

A round-up of news from the waste and recycling sector, including SITA UK, Envirosol, Tamar Energy, and Premier Sustain.