Among the waste priorities for this year’s spending review are increasing recycling, EPR for packaging waste, a DRS and implementing food waste collections across all councils in England

Regulatory body has called on farmers and agricultural businesses to check their waste management processes to halt illegal exports from the UK

The University of Manchester has been awarded funding by UKRI to simplify recycling methods and reduce plastic pollution

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced that ten university-led projects will receive funding to tackle plastic pollution under the Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) Challenge.

Climate activist group Extinction Rebellion has joined a coalition calling on the Government to decarbonise the waste sector, highlighting ways in which the UK could reduce its reliance on energy-from-waste and meet its net-zero target of 2050.

The UK Government has released a summary of responses to its Plastic Packaging Tax consultation.

Replacing the PRN system with an ‘all-in’ deposit return scheme is not the answer for glass, says Recresco director Tim Gent

The government has announced the funding of five new research centres, which will explore how major UK industries can become more circular.

Green Alliance research finds that identifying and penalising producers of low-quality electronics could drive efficiencies annually worth up to 800,000 tonnes of avoided carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.

Innovate UK’s Global Challenge Fund awards £9.3 million funding to consortium to develop model to develop sector of informal dismantlers of e-waste.