Flintshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport City and Wrexham councils are to receive £3 million from the Welsh Government to improve recycling infrastructure and increase recycling rates.

Potters Waste Management has won a five-year deal to become the sole contractor for household waste recycling centres in Powys.

Viridor has agreed to send air pollution control residues from its incineration facilities to Carbon8 Aggregates Ltd for recycling.

As Recycle Week begins, WRAP is urging consumers to check whether items are recyclable before throwing them away, after finding that nearly a third of people are confused about recycling.

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Zero Waste Scotland has launched a new grant fund to support third sector organisations carry out community-led litter prevention projects.

Neil Parish, Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton and former farmer, has been elected as Chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee for the 2015 Parliament.

The London Borough of Ealing has agreed to move from weekly kerbside-sort recycling collections to fortnightly co-mingled collections in a bid to increase recycling and save money.

Bio-on S.p.A ready to license new technology for making bioplastics from glycerol.

Southern Plastics Recycling Ltd has been fined £1,500 for violating health and safety regulations after a worker was injured falling from an industrial waste bin.