Welsh businesses encouraged to apply for WRAP Cymru’s £4 million Large Scale Infrastructure and Reprocessing Fund.

Set in the heart of rural Lincolnshire, North Kesteven is the only area in the country to recycle over 50 per cent of its waste.

Scotland has launched a food waste campaign to help combat the environment and financial impacts of wasted food.

Grocery sector supply chain waste reduced by 8.8 per cent, ahead of the three-year target of five per cent says WRAP.

Private Finance Initiative, or PFI, is big news in the world of waste – and it is set to get bigger as it becomes an ever more important factor for local authorities when developing new waste facilities in order to meet government recycling and diversion targets.

Devon County Council and Resource Futures Ltd launch Waste and Energy Education Programmes for Devonshire Schools.

Toyota and Autogreen are set to pay customers to recycle their end-of-life Toyota cars in new ‘Rewarding Recycling’ scheme.

Waste prevention cannot be achieved through smoke and mirrors - it requires education, effort, and planning to succeed. With EU National Waste Prevention Programmes due by December 2013, Annie Reece learns more about the magic word.

Zero Waste Scotland launches £1.5 million Priority Materials Fund to increase recycling and reuse of specific materials.

Five local authorities using new Biffa WEEE collection service have diverted 50 tonnes of WEEE from landfill in a year.