Cheshire West and Chester Council has this week become England’s first local authority to offer a nappy recycling scheme.

Three Cambridgeshire councils are now accepting mixed plastics for recycling, including yoghurt pots and margarine tubs

N.Ireland has released figures showing a six per cent drop in household waste and 5.2 per cent increase in household recycling.

Tandridge District Council will introduce weekly food waste collection to residents from 1 October 2012.

Figures released by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) show that fly-tipping has increased by 45 per cent since June 2011.

Ireland's new waste management policy gives householders and businesses a greater say in who collects their rubbish.

London Assembly Member Richard Tracey, London Mayor Boris Johnson’s appointee to chair the London Waste and Recycling Board, has been confirmed.

The European Union has published the new WEEE Directive in issue L197 of the Official Journal. EU Members States now have until January 2014 to transpose it into national legislation.

The Judicial Review is still likely to take place according to a representative of the claimants, saying that Defra’s amended waste regulations are ‘not adequate’.

Defra has submitted new legislation today outlining the newest changes to the Waste Regulations, Resource has learned.