The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has released its first ‘Digest of Waste and Resource Statistics’ collating official UK waste statistics for ‘ease of use’.

The City of Edinburgh Council will roll out two new recycling trials for those living in tenements next month, in a bid to boost recycling rates.

New data published for the second quarter of 2014/15 shows that, for the first time since 2009/10, household recycling rates have stalled in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland has extended its five-pence carrier bag charge to include all new ‘cheap’ carrier bags, including reusable ones.

Falkirk Council has announced that it will roll out its three-weekly waste collection service to the last remaining 25,000 properties in March.

Bryson Recycling is calling on householders in Northern Ireland to recycle more, as it will donate £1 for every tonne recycled to charity.

Zero Waste Scotland has issued some tips on reducing waste this Christmas.

The Environment Agency has revealed the ‘risk-based and proportionate regulatory regime’ it will use to verify compliance with the Waste Regulations.

The National Assembly for Wales’s Environment and Sustainability Committee has published its findings on the state of recycling in Wales.

The Welsh Government has published statutory guidance on the separate collection of waste paper, metal, plastic and glass.