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

Zero Waste Scotland has launched a £90,000 capital grant fund to enable materials recovery facility operators to purchase testing equipment.

The Paper Cup Recovery & Recycling Group has appointed its executive board members and announced two initial projects.

DS Smith has bought the Recycling Division of Middleton Paper for an undisclosed sum.

The first reporting period of the Materials Facility Regulations, which requires operators to sample incoming and outgoing streams, has begun today.

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

All eight councils of the Norfolk Waste Partnership are to begin co-mingling glass in October, following a new waste contract agreement.

Carrier Bag Levy statistics for Northern Ireland show that the charge has reduced carrier bag use by 71.8 per cent.

More than half of UK consumers would prefer their food to be packaged in paper-based materials, finds CPI research.

Ahead of the implementation of the revised Waste Framework Directive, Veolia is advocating a twin-stream approach for dry recyclables.