David Ward Jnr, head of Ward SP, wants demolition and construction companies to maximise their recycling.

A survey of 5,000 UK householders suggests thousands of tonnes of repairable appliances go to landfill each year as people don’t know what to do with them when they break.

Ashford Borough Council in Kent has launched a new campaign to tackle the increase of incorrect items entering the recycling stream.

New figures from the Royal Society of Chemistry reveal that more than half of UK households have at least one unused electrical device, with 82 per cent having no plans to recycle or sell on their devices.

Glasgow’s new state-of-the-art recycling centre aims to save 90,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year.

Associated Waste Management has joined forces with Dublin-based events specialist Ryans Cleaning Services to deliver a waste solution for Festival Republic at Leeds Festival 2019.

A new study shows UK households throw away seven million tonnes of edible food each year, costing £9.7 billion.

PowerHouse Energy Group, Peel Environment and Waste2Tricity are progressing plans to open 11 new facilities to convert waste plastic into hydrogen.

Birmingham University has launched a pilot to recover rare earth metals from gadgets, with the help of EU Horizon 2020 funding.

A new report from the National Bed Federation shows there has been a 55 per cent increase in the number of mattresses being recycled in the UK over the past three years.