Stephen Gee, Director of waste and resource industry event RWM, has quit his job to join competitor firm UBM.

Northern Ireland’s Department of the Environment (DOE), the Department for Social Development (DSD) and local social enterprise The Resource Centre, yesterday (20 August) opened a new ‘ReUse centre’ in Pennyburn, Derry, which they hope will benefit the environment and the local community.

FCC launches online waste collection booking service, CIWM invests in Revise, Welsh food waste roadshow, and more...

The sixth annual Zero Waste Week, promoting food waste reduction and recycling, beings on Monday.

Anglia Ruskin University to map the world’s resources and investigate the effect of resource scarcity on economic growth.

Europe recycled a ‘remarkable’ 71.7 per cent of its paper in 2012, the European Recovered Paper Council announces.

Northern Ireland’s plastic bag levy has led to a ‘significant reduction’ in the number of bags issued, new figures show.

Consultation responses show widespread support for reforming the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment legislation.

Wales has reached its first statutory recycling target of 52 per cent, new figures for the year 2012/13 show.

The Home Improvement Sector Commitment has reduced the amount of waste sent to landfill by 83 per cent, says WRAP.