The City of Cardiff Council has begun a new waste service this week, which limits the amount of residual waste householders can put out and bans the use of black bags.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is calling on members of the waste industry to respond to a consultation on its revised Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice.

Feely Skip & Grab Hire Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £19,000 for operating a waste facility without an environmental permit.

Angus Council has announced that it is to remove 19 recycling points, estimated to cost £25,000 per year, due to ‘successful’ kerbside recycling scheme.

The House of Lords has used the ‘Green Card’ initiative to call on the European Commission to take a strategic approach to food waste reduction in the forthcoming Circular Economy Package.

Argos has launched a new nationwide gadget take-back service, allowing consumers to trade in their unwanted mobiles and tablets for store credit.

Crews working on collection rounds for waste management company Biffa are to feature in a two-part programme depicting an increase in aggression from the general public.

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service and County Council have called for tighter regulation and planning controls for recycling plants, after seeing 40 site fires in the last five years.

Having bigger bins for residual waste can lower recycling rates, according to a new report published by the Waste & Recycling Action Programme.

The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation has commissioned Resource Futures to undertake ascertain ‘the real aluminium packaging recycling figure’, as reporting levels dip.