Communities and organisations in Northern Ireland are being urged to apply for funding raised from the carrier bag levy for environmental projects.

Plastics 2020 partners announce plans to further develop the Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan to ‘help industry move toward’ 2017 recycling targets.

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is in search of a UK plastic reprocessor to collect and recycle mixed plastics from its new recycling banks.

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

Coca-Cola Enterprises and Tesco launch ‘Pledge, Play and Recycle’ campaign to encourage customers to recycle more.

Coca-Cola Enterprises and Tesco launch ‘Pledge, Play and Recycle’ campaign to encourage customers to recycle more.

Government has backed a new industry partnership campaign, Pledge 4 Plastics, which aims to increase the collection of plastic packaging for recycling.

Following a feasibility study to prove ‘efficiency and financial viability’ The Ocean Cleanup is seeking crowdfunding to rid the ocean of plastics.

A disused industrial unit has been destroyed by a fire involving waste plastics in Sheffield.

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