Flintshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport City and Wrexham councils are to receive £3 million from the Welsh Government to improve recycling infrastructure and increase recycling rates.

As Recycle Week begins, WRAP is urging consumers to check whether items are recyclable before throwing them away, after finding that nearly a third of people are confused about recycling.

The London Borough of Ealing has agreed to move from weekly kerbside-sort recycling collections to fortnightly co-mingled collections in a bid to increase recycling and save money.

The European Parliament Environment Committee has voted through a draft report on the circular economy, which calls on the European Commission to increase recycling targets to ‘at least’ 70 per cent.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Croydon Council, ERP UK, DS Envrionmental, EMR, and enitial.

Authorities visit businesses in Boston, Lincolnshire to clamp down on illegal vehicle and scrap metal dealers in the area.

A Rotherham-based metal recycling firm, CF Booth Ltd, has been fined £15,000 for safety failings after a young worker was seriously injured by unguarded machinery.

Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead is meeting with his UK counterpart, Liz Truss, to discuss the potential of bringing in a deposit-return scheme for drinks packaging.

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the measures it should implement in its revised Circular Economy Package to bring about sustainability.

A fire broke out at an Inverness waste transfer station, run by SUEZ environnement, last night, after a ‘pressurised canister’ caught alight.