The Material Security Working Group has introduced a parliamentary paper reiterating calls for the establishment of a central Office for Resource Management.

Wales’s Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant has confirmed the evidence base of Wales’s Collection Blueprint is currently being independently reviewed, but defends the approach as ‘the most sustainable option’.

Materials recovery facility operators in Scotland will need to begin sampling incoming and outgoing material from 1 October 2015, it has been revealed.

The Welsh Government and Defra have launched a consultation on proposals to ‘enhance’ waste crime enforcement powers in England and Wales.

Summer recycling rates in Wales hit record highs of 58 per cent in 2014, according to figures released by the Welsh Government today (19 February).

The London Waste and Recycling Board and WRAP are to launch a new recycling support programme for London waste authorities.

Hertfordshire County Council cracks down on ‘misuse’ of household waste recycling centres by introducing van permits.

Element Green Recycling has produced a new web application to help businesses recycle more and earn more from their waste materials.

New figures from Defra show that, between April and June 2014, local authorities in England recycled more organic waste than dry recyclables for the first time.

The European Commission should do more to promote the bioeconomy, the European Bioeconomy Alliance has announced at its official launch.