We've been talking about the possibility of introducing bottle deposit return schemes in the UK for years now, but with Scotland forging ahead, it seems that England might well follow. Cecil Goodbody talks to deposit advocates and opponents.

Ray Georgeson wonders if calls for the return of a bottle deposit return system are fuelled more by nostalgia than by forward-thinking policy-making.

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 determination of one group of women has seen a Lebanese village's multi-stream recycling collection expand in the absence of adequate state assistance.

By now we all know about the impact on plastic in the oceans, but do we comprehend where it’s actually coming from, as a study reveals that 90 per cent per cent of all plastic entering the marine environment comes from just ten major rivers?

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.

Many ‘leading food retailers’ have taken steps towards agreeing to report their food waste figures individually using a common methodology following talks, although reports that a final agreement has been reached are believed to be premature.

A worker at South Yorkshire wood waste company R Plevin & Sons died after he fell four metres from a walking floor trailer in 2014, Sheffield Crown Court has heard this week.

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.

Mid-UK Recycling has been made to pay almost £1 million and two directors given suspended prison sentences following the ‘horrific’ 2013 death of an agency employee working for the Ancaster-based company.