Industry members have backed planned government changes to packaging and battery legislation.

Viridor has been named as the preferred bidder for a £700-million contract to process residual waste from five West Scotland councils.

Household plastic packaging recycling rates rose by six per cent in 2014/15, according to RECOUP.

Fixed penalty notices for fly-tippers will be introduced in England ‘at the earliest opportunity’ following a government consultation into waste crime enforcement.

The European Commission’s Circular Economy Package will be released on 2 December, according to a senior official.

A new anaerobic digestion plant for the Tomorrow’s Valley project local authorities in South Wales was opened by Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant yesterday.

New Scottish MRF Code of Practice obligations have come into force, with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency vowing to encourage compliance through communication.

More than 13,000 jobs could be created in Northern Ireland by 2030 if the country moved to a ‘bolder, transformative’ circular economy, according to a report released today.

The Polymark Consortium has developed a prototype chemical marker that can be added to food-contact PET and improve its sorting from mixed waste streams, according to an interim project report.

European recycling of glass packaging rose to an all-time high in 2013, while PET packaging overcame market issues to increase its rate in 2014, according to two new sets of data.