Waste and resource use have been identified as a key area for action in the Mayor of London’s draft London Environment Strategy, which sets a municipal recycling target of 65 per cent for 2030.

The Environment Agency has vowed to crack down on illegal waste export activity at ports after officers conducted an intelligence-gathering operation in Essex.

Strike action resulting from the ongoing dispute between Birmingham City Council and refuse workers could last until Christmas unless the council comes up with a fair settlement, trade union Unite has said.

Niels Flierman, Operations Director at DS Smith Paper, explains how consistent collections stressing quality would benefit the whole supply chain.

The Recycling Association and the Confederation of Paper Industries have urged ministers to contact the Chinese government over its proposed ban on all waste plastics and unsorted paper from 2018.

Essex-based waste company T J Cottis Transport has been fined just under £20,000 for knowingly depositing waste illegally to act as flood defences on protected farm land in Essex.

A man has died after an explosion at a recycling plant run by Innovative Environmental Solutions in the West Midlands town of Oldbury.

Scotland’s circular economy has reached a reuse milestone, with 100 quality-certified stores and three superstore ‘hubs’, including its first online hub, now in operation.

Projected local authority expenditure on waste services and recycling in England is expected to increase by £200 million in 2017/18.

All Pret a Manger stores in the UK will now offer a 25p discount off hot drinks when customers bring a reusable cup, following the success of a three-month scheme in London stores.