A rundown of this week’s news including EU’s carton recycling rates and Recycle for Wales’s tips for greener camping.

Getting the most revenue out of local authority-collected recyclate could mean selling directly to reprocessors, says WRAP.

Defra is funding a study to scope out viable approaches for collecting flexible packaging to improve recycling and remanufacture of aluminium.

ACE has announced Mid Devon District Council and Harrogate Borough Council as the winners of the Golden Carton Awards.

European Recycling Platform (ERP) announces its new partnership with Electronics Recycling Association (EÅF) in Sweden.

Coca-Cola Enterprises is re-launching its ‘Happiness Recycling’ scheme at festivals to ‘bring recycling to life’.

Nearly 70 per cent of consumers would consider switching brands if one had better environmental credentials, new research finds.

Closed Loop Environmental Solutions and Simply Waste Solutions are to launch a new paper cup recycling service on 1 August.

As the Queen announces that government will ‘reduce the use of plastic carrier bags’, industry calls for more bag charge details.

Department for Communities and Local Government Minister, Brandon Lewis MP, makes recycling blunder on national TV.