The Environmental Audit Committee has called for a new Environmental Protection Act to be introduced during Brexit negotiations to ensure that environmental legislation is not weakened by the UK’s departure from the EU.

Marine preservation organisations and personal care product producers are being asked to give their views on a proposed microbead ban, which a consultation has revealed would be limited to ‘rinse-off’ products.

The difference between a soft and hard Brexit in terms of the impact on the waste industry could be huge, according to Eunomia’s latest infrastructure review.

The Green Investment Bank has announced investment in another energy-from-waste incineration facility this week, committing £35 million to a new plant in Flintshire, North Wales.

Members of the waste industry are calling for greater producer responsibility and signs of a clear direction for recycling policy in England, after the UK’s recycling rate fell for the first time.

The UK household recycling rate fell to 44.3 per cent in 2015, the first time the rate has officially dropped since Defra began publishing the statistic in 2010.

The Welsh Government’s proposed new landfill disposals tax will be used to support waste minimisation, biodiversity and other environmental projects.

Over 150 MPs have committed their support to making the UK a ‘world leader on the environment’ after the establishment of a ‘Greener UK’ coalition.

Switching to source-separated collections could save Welsh councils over a million pounds a year, according to research carried out by WRAP Cymru.

EAC Chair Mary Creagh and four other politicians are to test the Winnow food waste smart meter in their homes as part of the ongoing Sainsbury’s Waste less, Save more initiative.