A new online tool has been developed by the On-Pack Recycling Scheme to make it easier to label packaging accurately for recyclability, and indicates the most recyclable material choices.

A man has been killed following an incident with a moving vehicle at an EGGER chipboard production and recycling plant in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

A round-up of the more quirky stories from the world of waste and resources.

Vicki Hughes from Hadfield Wood Recyclers provides an update on the recycled wood market.

Groups from across the waste industry have warned that proposed Environment Agency changes to waste wood classification could reduce the UK’s recycling rate by two to six per cent a year.

Four-in-five people in Britain are concerned about the amount waste produced in the UK, a new poll has revealed, as the tenth annual Zero Waste Week kicks off.

The UK is currently on course to meet recycling obligations for all key packaging materials, according to new figures, though the potential Chinese ban on some imports could see more price volatility on the horizon.

A study offering four models for the evolution of the UK’s producer responsibility system was launched by compliance scheme Valpak at the Resourcing the Future Conference.

Investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that took hold of a warehouse of over 500 tonnes of wood chips in West Sussex over the weekend.

A possible extension of the landfill tax to punish illegal disposal and new packaging recycling targets for paper, aluminium, steel and wood were included in today’s Budget, but climate change policies were a notable omission.