Rachel Reeves first budget confirms existing commitments to managing waste resources, as well as investment in carbon capture storage

Latest figures from SEPA also show household recycling rates marginally improved to 43.5 per cent, with rates yet to return to pre-pandemic levels

Significant step forward for pEPR implementation as the statutory instrument to mandate disposal cost payment obligations for producers is added to parliamentary timetable

Concerns raised about UK Government environmental policy after exclusion of glass from DRS

Defra announces ban on sale and supply of disposable vapes from June 2025 in a bid to ‘end this nation’s throwaway culture’

New research shows that 5.6M tonnes of packaging waste was binned by households last year

RECOUP calls for urgent reforms to Plastic Packaging Tax enforcement

Former No10 Policy Unit head Dan Corry to examine regulatory landscape for economic and environmental balance

With almost half of all UK household waste currently burned, waste industry challenges the BBC's new research revealing incineration produces same CO2 per unit of energy as coal

Dimitra Rappou, CPI's Executive Director of Sustainable Products calls for focus on recyclate quality in Simpler Recycling proposals