Angus Council has announced that it is to remove 19 recycling points, estimated to cost £25,000 per year, due to ‘successful’ kerbside recycling scheme.

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service and County Council have called for tighter regulation and planning controls for recycling plants, after seeing 40 site fires in the last five years.

Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole councils have published a new draft Waste Plan that outlines the local sustainable waste management strategy for the next 15 years.

Up to 80 firefighters were sent to Recycle Force’s waste facility in Corby over the weekend to stem a large blaze at its recycling storage warehouse.

Around 75 firefighters are tackling a fire involving 4,000 bales of mixed household waste and shredded carpets at MID UK Recycling’s waste site in Ancaster, Lincolnshire.

A new report by the Green Alliance identifies the advantages of switching to circular business models to deliver risk-adjusted returns.

Zero Waste Scotland is offering third-sector organisations grants of up to £1,800 to train staff in repair and upcycling skills.

The Waste & Resources Action Programme has unveiled its plan for the next five years, which aims to ‘create a revolution in the way that we use resources’.

FareShare South West and Create UK Ltd are amongst the winners of the second funding round of Defra's Innovation in Waste Prevention Fund.

As Recycle Week begins, WRAP is urging consumers to check whether items are recyclable before throwing them away, after finding that nearly a third of people are confused about recycling.