New WRAP report finds local authorities paid a median fee of £6 for every tonne of waste sent to material recovery facilities in 2014/15, but that some councils pay MRFs to take material, while others are paid for it.

Afzal Majid, Director of plastic bottle recycling company Euro Closed Loop Recycling, has warned that the company is ‘on the brink of closure’, just weeks after it was bought.

Rochdale council agrees to switch from alternate weekly collections of residual waste and recycling to three-weekly collections, in a bid to increase recycling and save money.

The Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association has taken its first steps as an association by officially launching its website and requesting a meeting with Resource Minister Rory Stewart.

Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister Mark H Durkan says he is ‘considering’ introducing a money-back system on drinks bottles to improve recycling.

A round-up of business news from the waste and recycling industry, including On-Pack Recycling Label, SLR Consulting, and Coca-Cola Enterprises.

Scotland’s Zero Waste Taskforce will release a household recycling charter in summer to make collections ‘more consistent’.

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.

Social Investment Scotland has awarded five Scottish social enterprises almost £156,000 raised through Asda’s five pence carrier bag charge.