Businesses are being urged to apply to the £3.8-million Scottish Recycling Fund to further reprocessing, repair, and remanufacturing work.

The UK needs a partnership approach to implementing a national plan to combat litter, delegates tell the Communities and Local Government Committee’s litter inquiry.

A judge has ordered The City of Cardiff Council to disclose how Viridor’s new incinerator can be classed as waste ‘recovery’ rather than ‘disposal’.

A new law has come into effect in New York making it illegal for residents to put some electronic equipment in kerbside waste collections.

Plastics recycling company Jayplas has created a new plastic film packaging division after installing a new extrusion and printing plant in Worksop.

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has approved plans for a controversial incinerator to be built in Gloucestershire, overruling the local council’s concerns.

The Labour Party has said it will not ban food waste to landfill were it to be elected into power, despite previously announcing that it would.

Members of the environment, sustainability and manufacturing sectors, including Peter Madden and Emma Elston, have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours list for 2015.

BW Riddle has been fined £70,00 and ordered to pay £18,000 in costs after a worker was left with broken ribs after falling from a conveyor belt.

Supermarket chain ASDA will begin selling misshapen fruit and vegetables in five of its stores this month, in a bid to reduce food waste.