Ahead of the Waste Regulations, Every Can Counts has released information detailing how the retail sector can separate materials, such as metal cans, for recycling.

A round up of news from the waste and recycling industry, including FCC Environment, Agrivert, Alpha Resource Management and R4R conference.

The Environment Agency has been fined £5,000 for safety failings after an employee caught his finger in an unguarded circular saw.

Advice and support is being offered to Scottish retailers ahead of the national carrier bag charge coming into force on 20 October 2014.

To move towards a more circular economy for biowaste, the full value chain of biowastes and biotreatments needs to be recognised, says the ESA.

Anaerobic digestion plants processing certain crop residues will no longer need an environmental permit, says the Environment Agency.

European Commission survey shows 77 per cent of people think business and industry is not doing enough to protect the environment.

European Commission survey shows 77 per cent of people think business and industry is not doing enough to protect the environment.

Resource Minister Dan Rogerson has written to members of the waste industry to outline government’s future work to tackle waste crime.

EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik calls on European Parliament to back a target for resource productivity for 2030.