The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on whether it should review its policy on radioactive waste management and disposal.

The Scottish Government is to fund a new remanufacturing centre and a brokerage service for recyclates.

The European Commission has launched a €143-million call for research projects that investigate reuse and remanufacturing.

Nearly 700 projects, including waste reduction programmes, have received grant funding under the 2014 Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund.

New figures show that Northern Ireland has sent more waste for recycling and composting than to landfill for the first time.

England will not meet Europe’s 50 per cent recycling target by 2020 ‘without significant government intervention’, the EFRA Committee warns.

The Welsh Government’s Collaborative Change Programme has helped local authorities in Wales save £10.7 million a year.

The owner of a former brickworks in Lanarkshire has been fined £750 for keeping end-of-life vehicles without a waste management licence.

The standard rate of Scottish Landfill Tax for 2015/16 will be £82.60 per tonne, it has been confirmed.

Northern Ireland has released its National Waste Prevention Programme, outlining the steps it is taking to reduce waste arisings and boost resource efficiency.