New Scottish MRF Code of Practice obligations have come into force, with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency vowing to encourage compliance through communication.

The Scottish household waste recycling rate rose to 42.8 per cent in 2014, according to statistics issued today by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

Guidance has been published to help operators of materials recycling facilities comply with upcoming regulations introduced by the Scottish Government.

Less frequent collection of dry recyclables and residual waste is one way to revive England’s sagging recycling rate, according to a new report released by SUEZ today.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including reprocessed coffee beans, appointments and a bioeconomy workshop.

Seven local authorities will this week launch a new Keep Britain Tidy scheme that will see local charities make more money the more litter is thrown away in residual waste bins.

Gwyn Davies-McTiffin, a waste recycling firm in Batley, has been sentenced for safety failings following the death of a worker.

Shoppers in Britain prefer their deliveries to come in cardboard packaging rather than polystyrene, a YouGov poll commissioned by the Confederation of Paper Industries has found.

The sampling requirements for the Materials Facility Regulations have been in force for the best part of a year now, but what exactly have they achieved? Resource investigates

Paper manufacturer DS Smith Paper Ltd has been fined £400,000 for safety failings after its Operations Manager was crushed to death at one of its mills.