A fire involving a ‘large quantity of recycling materials’ has broken out at CEW Recycling Group’s facility in St Helens.

Zero Waste Scotland has launched a £90,000 capital grant fund to enable materials recovery facility operators to purchase testing equipment.

The first reporting period of the Materials Facility Regulations, which requires operators to sample incoming and outgoing streams, has begun today.

The Recycling Quality Information Point has been updated to include details of what the maximum levels of cross contamination are for ‘high-quality recycling’.

All eight councils of the Norfolk Waste Partnership are to begin co-mingling glass in October, following a new waste contract agreement.

With various bodies indicating that glass is the hardest material to separate effectively at a MRF, Resource investigates whether it’s possible to obtain remelt-quality cullet from co-mingled collections

With materials becoming ever more thin on the ground, it’s time to stop burying our heads in the sand, and that includes recognising the scarcity of sand itself. Libby Peake learns more

Ahead of the implementation of the revised Waste Framework Directive, Veolia is advocating a twin-stream approach for dry recyclables.

Thousands of recycling bags have been left on kerbsides in Guernsey after residents tried to recycle the wrong materials.

‘Something must change’ to combat England’s ‘disappointing’ recycling rates and meet EU targets, warns WRAP CEO