A fire involving a ‘large quantity of recycling materials’ has broken out at CEW Recycling Group’s facility in St Helens.

Defra has released a Voluntary Code of Practice designed to help businesses reduce fast food litter.

A five pence charge for single-use carrier bags has come into force in Scotland this week, in a bid to reduce litter.

Tetra Pak has launched a new carton made entirely from plant-based, renewable packaging.

Dr Helmut Maurer from the EC Directorate General for Environment has suggested that resource policy should be kept separate from waste.

A campaign to increase carton recycling has been launched by the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and Environment UK.

Ahead of the Waste Regulations, Every Can Counts has released information detailing how the retail sector can separate materials, such as metal cans, for recycling.

Communities and organisations in Northern Ireland are being urged to apply for funding raised from the carrier bag levy for environmental projects.

Plastics 2020 partners announce plans to further develop the Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan to ‘help industry move toward’ 2017 recycling targets.

The Recycling Quality Information Point has been updated to include details of what the maximum levels of cross contamination are for ‘high-quality recycling’.