International waste management charity WasteAid will begin the process of recruiting a new Chief Executive as part of expansion and team development plans.

10,000 illegally dumped waste tyres have been cleared from a site in Port Talbot after Natural Resources Wales used enforcement powers against the landowner.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has reintroduced the Agriculture Bill to Parliament, with soil quality at the heart of a new land management system that rewards farmers for environmental protection.

The European Parliament has voted to support the Green Deal for Europe under the condition that amendments are made.

The Javelin Park energy-from-waste (EfW) facility is now fully operational, accepting up to 190,000 tonnes of residual waste and producing over 116,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity each year.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) has launched a free digital tool to help businesses measure their progress towards the circular economy.

Cornwall County Council has agreed a new eight-year waste and recycling collection contract with Biffa, which is expected to increase tonnages of recyclable materials collected at the kerbside by 59 per cent.

Colgate’s ‘industry-first’ recyclable toothpaste tube is made from High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and is widely recycled across the UK.

The Environment Agency’s packaging producer responsibility monitoring plan 2020 has dropped its planned number of site inspections of accredited operators to 110 from 160 in 2019.

A new report from the Environmental Services Association (ESA), produced by Eunomia Research and Consulting, has concluded that local authorities in England that contract out their waste services achieve higher recycling rates than in-house services.