The Chancellor is set to introduce a call for evidence regarding a potential tax on the use of single-use plastics in order to reduce the flow of plastic pollution into the oceans.

We've been talking about the possibility of introducing bottle deposit return schemes in the UK for years now, but with Scotland forging ahead, it seems that England might well follow. Cecil Goodbody talks to deposit advocates and opponents.

Researchers from the University of Newcastle who collected crustacean samples from the depths of the Mariana Trench have found that even the alien depths of the sea cannot escape plastic pollution.

Ray Georgeson wonders if calls for the return of a bottle deposit return system are fuelled more by nostalgia than by forward-thinking policy-making.

By now we all know about the impact on plastic in the oceans, but do we comprehend where it’s actually coming from, as a study reveals that 90 per cent per cent of all plastic entering the marine environment comes from just ten major rivers?

A man has been arrested by Environment Agency and Nottinghamshire Police in connection to an illegal waste fire that burned for two weeks in Nottinghamshire in September 2016.

Councillors in Brighton and Hove unanimously passed a motion to ban the use of single-use plastics in all council buildings last week.

The government’s actions on plastic bottle and coffee cup recycling have been criticised by the Environmental Audit Committee as part of its inquiry into the impact of disposable drinks packaging.

The Environment Minister Therese Coffey has announced plans to almost double the maximum fines for littering to claw back some of the £800 million paid every year by the taxpayer.

The LGA has called for more manufacturers to provide take-back services for furniture and mattresses after Defra announced that cash-strapped local authorities spent an estimated £57.7 million on clearing up fly-tipping in 2016/17.