New ‘Recycle First’ service in Cheshire sees amount of waste sent for disposal drop by 40 per cent since June.

Catherine Bearder, Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for the South East of England, has announced that she has become a signatory of the Resource Association’s ‘End Destinations of Recycling’ Charter.

The European Union has published the new WEEE Directive in issue L197 of the Official Journal. EU Members States now have until January 2014 to transpose it into national legislation.

The remanufacturing industry employs 50,000 people and generates £2.4 billion for the UK economy, but it is not always embraced or promoted with the same warmth as the better-known Rs. The current economic climate just might provide the perfect conditions for investment

With the recast of the European WEEE Directive finalised and the Red Tape Challenge completed in the UK, Recolight’s Nigel Harvey provides an update on possible changes to the waste electrical and electronic equipment regulations.

The WEEE Directive has been enshrined in UK law for nearly a decade now, so we take a look at the (sometimes bumpy) road the legislation’s travelled and find out what turns lie ahead for future handling of waste electrical and electronic equipment.

Only weeks after dropping out of the environmental ratings system, the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), Apple has announced that it is rejoining the scheme, stating that ‘all eligible Apple products are back on EPEAT’.

San Francisco city officials have vetoed purchases of new Apple Macintosh computers in city agencies after the technology giant pulled out of green scheme

Local authorities are either paying reduced MRF gate fees, or are receiving payment for recovered materials, according to WRAP’s Gate Fees Report 2012, released today (9 July).

Recolight, the UK’s lamp recycling compliance scheme, has been acknowledged for their contributions to recycling education and awareness.