Residual waste arisings in Swansea have dropped by 25 per cent in one year following the introduction of a three-bag waste limit.

Northern Ireland’s Department of the Environment has said it will commit £2 million from the carrier bag levy to help fund environmental groups.

The EC will launch the roadmap for its Circular Economy Package ‘within the next few weeks’, and consult on the topic ‘before summer’, according to Director-General for Environment Karl Falkenberg.

Four retailers have raised more than £1 million for charity via Scotland’s single-use carrier bag charge, which was introduced six months ago.

Members of the dairy industry did not turn up to a WRAP-brokered meeting that aimed to support the plastic reprocessing industry this week, claiming that competition law prevented their attendance.

A new Zero Waste Scotland study has found that many people litter more than they admit, and are prepared to justify it in certain circumstances.

Chris Dow, CEO of Closed Loop Recycling, takes a look at the problems facing the plastics markets

A round-up of news from the waste and resource industry, including frozen billboards and hydrogen cars.

Car manufacturer DeLorean is calling for Kickstarter donations to help fund the development of a waste-powered car.

The founder of plastics reprocessing company ECOPlastics Recycling, Jonathan Short, has left the company, just three months after it was bought out.