Lucy Cooper from the Critical Raw Material Recovery Project explains how it is working to recover valuable materials from WEEE

The Japanese are famously adept at making electronic equipment, but how good are they at recycling it?

The Somerset Waste Partnership is considering introducing a three-weekly residual waste collection as part of its upcoming business plan.

The Joint Trade Association has been chosen to operate the UK’s waste electrical and electronic equipment compliance fee mechanism for 2015, the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has announced.

Defra has released its second annual ‘Digest of Waste and Resource Statistics’, which collates official UK waste statistics for ‘ease of use’.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, Greggs carrier bags helping Keep Britain Tidy, Poundland recycling and an online can recycling game.

The government has failed to meet its own targets to cut the environmental impact of its operations, including waste generation, according to a report quietly released by Defra.

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.

Scott Butler, Regional Director at the European Recycling Platform, comments on how the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will impact WEEE standards.

A married couple that run Daniels Recycling has been ordered to pay £130,000 for illegally exporting 187 tonnes of hazardous electronic waste to Africa.