Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is in search of a UK plastic reprocessor to collect and recycle mixed plastics from its new recycling banks.

The Recycling Quality Information Point has been updated to include details of what the maximum levels of cross contamination are for ‘high-quality recycling’.

Welsh local authorities sent five per cent less biodegradable waste to landfill in 2013/14 than in 2012/13, but four councils were still over their allowance.

Coca-Cola Enterprises and Tesco launch ‘Pledge, Play and Recycle’ campaign to encourage customers to recycle more.

Coca-Cola Enterprises and Tesco launch ‘Pledge, Play and Recycle’ campaign to encourage customers to recycle more.

Government has backed a new industry partnership campaign, Pledge 4 Plastics, which aims to increase the collection of plastic packaging for recycling.

EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik calls on European Parliament to back a target for resource productivity for 2030.

Following a feasibility study to prove ‘efficiency and financial viability’ The Ocean Cleanup is seeking crowdfunding to rid the ocean of plastics.

Packaging recovery notes will be issued for aluminium packaging recovered from incinerator bottom ash for recycling from 1 January 2015.

More than 95 per cent of respondents to a recycling poll said they ‘actively recycle household items’.