Bridgend County Borough Council is considering taking up monthly residual waste collections in a bid to boost its recycling rate.

One man has died and another was seriously injured following an incident at a recycling facility in Newton Aycliffe, Country Durham on Saturday.

The UK’s total household waste recycling rate rose to 44.9 per cent in 2014, up from 44.1 per cent in 2013, according to official statistics released today (15 December) by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

AkzoNobel and the Community RePaint network have launched the first UK manufacturing hub for social reuse in Cambridgeshire.

Moray Council’s resource management team has become the first in Scotland to sign up to a national commitment to prioritise health and safety, managed by Zero Waste Scotland.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new MRF, a recycling initiative to help the homeless, a zero waste map and a waste time capsule.

Existing finance of €24 billion will be extended to support circular economy projects and the realisation of EU climate goals, the European Commission announced yesterday.

Expansion of the circular economy could create more than 40,000 jobs in London by 2030 and simultaneously drive resource efficiency, according to a new report.

A voluntary framework for consistent recycling systems across Scotland has today been announced by the Scottish Government and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.

Quality must not be compromised as demand for increased recycling grows, warns a new report published by packaging company DS Smith today (9 December).