The Welsh county of Conwy looks set to roll-out four-weekly refuse collections across the area following a successful trial, while Newport City Council has rejected a move to three-weekly system.

The National Bed Federation has formalised its commitment to ending the use of landfill for mattresses with a new committee focusing on implementing measures for a circular economy.

Somerset Waste Partnership will bring an early end to its waste contract with environmental services provider Keir in 2020 in order to implement its ambitious ‘Recycle More’ strategy.

The UK Without Incineration Network has launched a campaign to place a moratorium on new incineration projects in the UK, with an Early Day Motion being prepared to be put forward in Parliament.

Resource Association Chief Executive Ray Georgeson says more needs to be done to revive quality standards with the Chinese ban on waste imports looming.

The prospect of an independent environmental protection body being established in the UK post-Brexit has inched further forward after Environment Secretary Michael Gove revealed plans to open a consultation at the start of 2018.

Hannah Blythyn has been named as the new Welsh Environment Minister after a reshuffle at the Welsh Government saw responsibility for the environment removed from Lesley Griffiths’s portfolio.

Anglesey has seen its recycling rate increase to a sizeable 66 per cent, up 10 per cent on 2015/16, thanks to the introduction of a three-weekly residual waste collection service and improved recycling options.

An application for an environmental permit by nuclear energy company Horizon for its £10-billion Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station on Anglesey is to be put before the public by Natural Resources Wales.

Social enterprise recycling company Bryson Recycling has been awarded a contract to continue delivering kerbside recycling services to over 14,500 homes in the Northern Ireland authority of Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council.