McDonald’s, Starbucks and Greggs are among the 14 organisations that have committed to working towards a long-term and nationwide paper cup recycling solution, funding recycling programme run by ACE UK.

The Mayor of London’s draft Environment Strategy for London must put more emphasis on waste avoidance and reducing single-use packaging, according to the London Waste and Recycling Board.

A new online tool has been developed by the On-Pack Recycling Scheme to make it easier to label packaging accurately for recyclability, and indicates the most recyclable material choices.

Visually impaired sisters Mary and Jane Phillips can now identify their new wheelie bins after being modified by Veolia, with the addition of braille-like holes.

Used batteries containing valuable metals are being wasted in UK homes; a new campaign wants people to ‘Bring Back Heavy Metal’ and get recycling.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove has launched a call for evidence on how reward and return schemes for beverage containers in England could help to tackle the nation’s littering problem.

The UK’s waste and resources sector has been upgraded to a ‘high risk’ environmental policy area on Greener UK’s Brexit Risk Tracker, as Defra admits that the UK is likely to miss 2020 recycling targets.

The extent of the incredible change in technology and how it is recycled in the 10 years since UK WEEE regulations were introduced, has been detailed by the European Recycling Platform.

Waste associations have written to Resources Minister Therese Coffey calling on Defra to "take urgent action" to support the recycling industry following China’s ban on the import of all scrap plastics and unsorted waste paper.

An underground bin system in Cambridge’s new district of Eddington has entered operation - the largest of its kind in the UK.