The top 10 in Resource’s annual list of influencers, the Hot 100, has been announced, with Cat Fletcher, Reuse Manager at Brighton and Hove City Council and co-founder of reuse network Freegle, taking the top spot.

Robbie Staniforth, Head of Policy at compliance scheme Ecosurety, looks at the changing factors affecting WEEE collection targets.

Taiwan’s recycling rate is one of the highest in the world and the country secures an array of high quality material from households. Charles Newman visited an MRF to see what Taiwan is doing right

Somerset Waste Partnership has renewed its waste management contract with Viridor until 2031 as it prepares for the rollout of its ‘Recycle More’ strategy in 2020.

News that Swansea Council will be checking black bin bags for recyclables at the kerbside – and fining residents who fail to recycle properly – has been met with a mixed response from residents.

An agreement has been reached by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to maintain 100 per cent of the UK’s notified waste shipments to the EU in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit.

A new collaborative project aimed at making black plastic easily recyclable has been awarded £800,000 by the government’s Innovate UK grant scheme.

Councils in Kent have this week been involved in a social media campaign to raise awareness of the dangers faced by refuse collection crews on their rounds.

Waste management company Viridor has made a £15.4-million investment in an Ipswich recycling facility as part of its renewed contract with Suffolk County Council.

New research suggests local authorities could boost recycling and save more than £450,000 over five years by introducing collections of bulky waste for reuse.