At last there is a way of recycling absorbent hygiene products in the UK, but what happens when you take nappies out of the equation? Matilda Zatorski reports

London Borough of Sutton approves planning permission for Viridor’s energy-from-waste incinerator at Beddington.

Defra launches call for evidence on the European Union’s ‘scope of competence’ on UK environment and climate change policies.

Toys can provide hours of entertainment, but can be a disposal nightmare at their end of life. Annie Reece takes a look at how the toy industry has been playing around with sustainability…

Zero Waste Scotland recently launched nine pilot projects that reward consumers for recycling their used drink containers. Iain Gulland tells Resource what he hopes the trials will achieve

Deposit-refund schemes: some love them, some hate them. Resource sums up the main issues surrounding this contentious recycling issue

South Australia has a very established deposit-refund scheme that has been operating since the ’70s. Susanna Prouse finds out how the system has evolved and whether the rest of Australia could soon follow suit

Eight members of an extended family admit running a ‘massive’ illegal waste operation in Cornwall.

Inquiry into Cory Wheelabrator’s King’s Lynn incinerator finished on Friday (17 May), with a decision expected in September.

‘Just six’ people in Defra’s climate adaptation team, says former Special Representative for Climate Change, John Ashton.