An innovative road recycling technique has been used to rebuild a main road in Somerset in the fraction of the time that traditional relaying techniques.

No longer the stuff of science fiction or Pixar films, robots are starting to make inroads into the world of recycling.

The Environment Agency has released new guidelines on the production of fire prevention plans for waste and recycling sites, which it believes will help reduce the incidence of fires. But what do they mean for recycling businesses?

Smart product design holds the key to erasing waste and creating a more circular economy. Edward Perchard talks to a host of experts about ecodesign, extended producer responsibility, and what's holding us back.

A campaign led by top London chefs to ban polystyrene packaging is misguided, and should instead be focused on creating better collection systems from restaurants, says the Recycling Association.

Councils are being unfairly criticised in the fallout to a sharp rise of household recycling contamination, according to local authority membership organisation LARAC.

Eunomia’s latest Local Authority Recycling Carbon Index shows that improvements in Wales and Northern Ireland have overshadowed England’s stuttering recycling efforts.

Restrictions on residual waste and a new kerbside-sort system have seen Merthyr Tydfil go from being one of the worst performing Welsh councils to one of the best over the course of a year, according to new data.

A BBC freedom of information request has revealed that the amount of items rejected for recycling has increased by 84 per cent in the last four years, leading to calls for harmonisation and a switch to separate-sort collection systems.

A fire that broke out at a Norfolk recycling plant on Saturday is continuing to burn, raising concerns over the air quality in the surrounding area.