Sixty-five billion PET plastic bottles were recycled in Europe in 2013, according to Petcore Europe.

Voluntary sector organisations in Northern Ireland can apply for funding of up to £50,000 for recycling projects.

Carrier Bag Levy statistics for Northern Ireland show that the charge has reduced carrier bag use by 71.8 per cent.

Welsh councils recycled, reused and composted 54 per cent in the first three months of the year, up three per cent on the same period in 2013.

The Scottish Government has launched a marine litter strategy to reduce the amount of waste littered at sea and on coastlines.

Merthyr Tydfil council allocated £2 million of funding from the Welsh Government to switch to kerbside sort.

Wales’s Natural Resources Minister allocates £2.2 million to help communities clear litter and ‘tidy’ their towns.

New figures show that in 2012, Ireland recovered more municipal waste than it disposed of for the first time.

The Welsh Government is to make site waste management plans voluntary, despite outlining plans to make them mandatory.

Scottish Government launches new anti-littering campaign to highlight the ‘shame' of being caught littering.