Rick Hindley, Executive Director of Alupro, examines the drivers behind the continued upward trend in aluminium recycling.

Gerry Gillespie, Board Member of the Zero Waste International Trust, examines the steps Wales has taken to reach its current position in the recycling league tables – and how it might continue to drive recycling higher.

Simon Hann presents summary findings from Eunomia’s sixth annual Local Authority Recycling Carbon Index, highlighting the contribution of councils’ recycling services towards mitigating climate change.

With purse strings continually drawn tighter, council services are increasingly stretched. Rob Cole looks into how the UK might fund the comprehensive waste and recycling services needed to meet higher targets in the 2020s.

A new group, the Packaging Scheme Forum, has been launched to facilitate discussion between industry and government on the issue of producer responsibility reform.

A new report by Veolia and RECOUP reveals that consumers want to see more recycled content in plastic products – and could be willing to pay extra for it.

The UK Parliament has announced it will be using compostable Vegware products across its estate from October 2018.

For the first time, insects have been found to retain microplastics when transforming from aquatic larvae into flying adults, enabling previously unexposed creatures and environments to become polluted.

Environmental charity Hubbub is running a new campaign, #FoodSavvy, to help residents in East Anglia reduce food waste, as the average UK family wastes £810 of edible food per year.

Justin Greenaway, Commercial Manager at SWEEEP Kuusakoski, discusses the future of WEEE recycling in the UK.