Further research is needed into biodegradability standards before biodegradable bags can be made exempt from the English carrier bag charge, according to a Defra review.

Existing finance of €24 billion will be extended to support circular economy projects and the realisation of EU climate goals, the European Commission announced yesterday.

Recycle Now is encouraging consumers to recycle the 290,000 tonnes of card packaging that will be used in the UK this Christmas, with six festive recycling tips.

Work has begun on a first-ever national litter strategy that ‘will put in place a coherent clean-up plan for England’, the government has announced.

RECOUP has become the latest industry body to buy into the On Pack Recycling Label scheme, in an effort to improve recycling of plastic packaging materials.

Plastics Recycling Show (PRS) Europe, a two-day conference for members of the plastics and recycling industries, has been postponed and may be cancelled after Brussels was put on the highest level of terror alert this weekend.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new Novelis plant, recycling benefitting London Zoo and a new glass recycling contract in Scotland.

Ahead of the release of the European Commission’s Circular Economy Package, Resource sat down with EEF’s Susanne Baker to discuss the package’s potential and how close the manufacturing industry is to embracing circularity.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including FoodCycle’s Breadline Challenge, meat in cardboard bins and a profit warning for Sims.

Defra has today published the UK government’s response to three consultations relating to the European Commission’s Circular Economy Package.