Investment company AURELIUS has acquired plastics reprocessing company ECO Plastics for an undisclosed sum, it has been announced today (12 December).

The proportion of UK local authorities offering kerbside carton collection has reached 60 per cent, finds ACE UK.

Keep Scotland Beautiful tells Stop Litter Now! summit that the EU’s litter problem costs member states a total of £10 billion a year.

Veolia has developed a new technology that can process the contaminated paper element of residual waste into pulp material for new products.

One fire engine remains at the site of a waste fire that has been burning in Newhaven for four days, despite the Fire Brigades Union going on strike today.

Richard Hands, Chief Executive of the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK, outlines why renewable materials should be an equally-important part of the circular economy debate.

The BBC is to run a new, three-part series on waste next year, with campaigner and chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall presenting the programme.

Nestlé and Unilever are amongst a number of companies working with the resource industry in a new project to ‘create a circular economy for flexible packaging’.

Recycling half of the items littered in England would have an economic value of at least £14.8 million, finds Keep Britain Tidy report.

Zero Waste Scotland has launched a new reporting portal to help Carrier Bag Commitment signatories keep track of how many plastic bags they sell.