Kerbside collections of plastic pots, tubs and trays are becoming increasingly common in the UK, with 27 more authorities collecting them in 2013 than in 2012.

The National Assembly for Wales’s Environment and Sustainability Committee has published its findings on the state of recycling in Wales.

The Welsh Government has published statutory guidance on the separate collection of waste paper, metal, plastic and glass.

Guernsey has announced that it will begin charging residents for every bag of residual waste and recycling they put out from 2016.

Around a quarter of UK householders are ‘highly effective’ recyclers but the majority are still confused over what can and cannot be recycled, a new WRAP report has found.

Keep Scotland Beautiful tells Stop Litter Now! summit that the EU’s litter problem costs member states a total of £10 billion a year.

The BBC is to run a new, three-part series on waste next year, with campaigner and chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall presenting the programme.

The Waste & Resources Action Programme has officially registered as a charity.

Government must work to ‘lift the regulatory burden’ on remanufacturing if its ‘enormous economic, social and environmental potential’ is to be realised.

Recycling half of the items littered in England would have an economic value of at least £14.8 million, finds Keep Britain Tidy report.