New data published for the second quarter of 2014/15 shows that, for the first time since 2009/10, household recycling rates have stalled in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland has extended its five-pence carrier bag charge to include all new ‘cheap’ carrier bags, including reusable ones.

Falkirk Council has announced that it will roll out its three-weekly waste collection service to the last remaining 25,000 properties in March.

The Scottish Institute of Remanufacture, based at University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, has been officially opened.

Around the globe, Milan is recognised as a fashion capital, but it turns out it should also be recognised as a food waste recycling capital. Charles Newman learns more

Ownership of the electronic duty of care system has transferred from the Environment Agency to the devolved governments.

Zero Waste Scotland has released a report highlighting how Scotland can ‘capitalise on the industrial and economic opportunities of a more circular economy’.

There needs to be more heated debate on the circular economy to ‘move things forward’, Iain Gulland tells the Kit Strange Memorial Lecture.

The European Commision has approved government plans for an extended rural fuel rebate scheme in the UK.

The Centre for Process Innovation is leading a European project that aims to turn food waste into graphene and renewable hydrogen.