The European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services calls on the EC to bolster its circular economy policies, such as ecodesign.

Cardiff City Council considers reducing bin capacity or frequency of waste collections to improve recycling rates.

A series of international meetings are being held in Milan on urban waste collection and processing systems.

The Deputy Chairman of ECO Plastics, Jonathan Short, outlines why he supports the EC's Circular Economy package.

Wales’s Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant backs kerbside sort collections and warns that the 70 per cent recycling target is ‘not optional’

The Welsh Government summarises what actions are being taken to reduce food and packaging waste and boost supply chain efficiencies.

Dr Helmut Maurer from the EC Directorate General for Environment has suggested that resource policy should be kept separate from waste.

Scotland’s Environment Secretary says he is ‘not ruling out’ statutory recycling targets, after most councils miss 2013 recycling target.

The Scottish Government has launched an awareness campaign to prepare shoppers for the country’s upcoming carrier bag charge.

The UK recycled 43.9 per cent of waste from households in 2012, according to new statistics released by Defra today.