This second round of funding builds on the government’s Litter Strategy for England and seeks innovative solutions to tackle littering.

45 containers of waste are being sent back to the UK after being intercepted by officials, while three firms are under criminal investigation amid reports of involvement with the ‘trash mafia’.

Seven Household Waste Recycling Centres across Cornwall will now accept cartons and paper cups for recycling, due to a new partnership between Cornwall Council and The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and Environment.

The water company debuted its new pop-up water bottle refill stations at Blenheim Palace for BBC Countryfile Live in a bid to get people to reduce their single-use plastic waste.

WasteAid UK and CIWM’s free online toolkit for community-led waste management has been recognised by the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) as one of the year’s top three publications.

The Kraft Heinz Company has announced an aim to ensure that 100 per cent of its packaging is recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025 as it seeks to reduce its natural resource usage and overall environmental footprint.

Both countries have introduced import restrictions in response to receiving increased volumes of waste in the months since China’s ban on 24 grades of solid waste.

The waste management company has predicted a 300 per cent rise in the number of cups collected compared to this time last year.

The move, facilitated by compostable packaging company Vegware, means that both hot and cold certified compostable cups and lids are now allowed to be processed in any of the UK’s more than 100 windrow composting facilities

North London Waste Authority encourages people to ‘Wise Up To Waste’ and switch to reusable bottles, as new research shows that two-thirds of people say that they now possess one.