Yorkshire-based polymer reprocessor invests in pre-sort capability to accept a wider range of input materials.

Waste management charity Waste Aid is set to partner with cryptocurrency exchange platform Zumo.

A pilot project by packaging company Dow aims to collect and recycle Nigeria’s plastic waste, diverting around 300 million plastic waste sachets away from landfill.

The Chinese Government is set to ban all imports of solid waste from 2021, the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has learned.

The amount of waste wood processed in the UK rose by six per cent, to a total of 3.98 million tonnes in 2019, according to new figures from the Wood Recyclers Association (WRA).

The risk posed to the waste and resources sector by Brexit has increased over the last few months, with the UK falling further behind EU standards and ambition, according to Greener UK’s latest Brexit Risk Tracker.

Waste management company Veolia is supporting a Social Distancing Ambassadors campaign to safeguard the reopening of London’s West End shopping district.

Biffa has released safety guidelines for the disposal of BBQs and other hazardous items, after a rise in fires as people attend gatherings following the easing of lockdown restrictions.

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has found evidence that some householders have been disposing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) through their household recycling.

The Environment Agency (EA) has released a regulatory position statement that allows municipal waste incinerators to accept Covid-19 infectious waste without varying their environmental permits.