Scotland’s 2019/20 Programme for Government has outlined plans to introduce a Circular Economy Bill, as part of the country’s ambition to achieve net zero emissions by 2045.

A landfill site in South London is being transformed into grassland by waste management company Viridor.

Environment Agency household WEEE collection figures for the second quarter of 2019 show that the UK is falling far behind its WEEE collection target for 2019.

Four out of five Scottish residents back the Scottish Government’s proposed model for a deposit return scheme, with environmental protection their primary motivation.

Each tonne of RDF diverted from the Netherlands as a result of its proposed tax on the import of waste will result in an additional 261 kilogrammes of CO2e emissions, according to a briefing note published by the RDF Industry Group.

Outsourced waste management and recycling services provider Reconomy will use API technology to link its customer portal with BRE’s SmartWaste software.

With the help of online reuse platform Warp It, the Royal Free London has saved £242,681 in 19 months, winning the Reuse category of the NHS Sustainability Awards.

Municipal waste data from Eurostat shows that the UK’s recycling rate remains some way short of the EU’s top recycling nations, though it performs better when it comes to diverting waste from landfill.

Sainsbury’s and TOMRA are teaming up to trial the first supermarket return scheme for drinks containers that includes glass – as Scottish support for an ‘all-in’ DRS builds.

The trade body British Glass has written an open letter to the Scottish Government raising issues with the inclusion of glass in Scotland’s proposed deposit return scheme.