Scotland’s Environment Secretary says he is ‘not ruling out’ statutory recycling targets, after most councils miss 2013 recycling target.

Conservative MPs join calls for Britain to become more resource efficient to maintain economic competitiveness.

The Scottish Government has launched an awareness campaign to prepare shoppers for the country’s upcoming carrier bag charge.

North Yorkshire County Council agrees to take the Allerton Park incinerator project to financial close, despite losing PFI funding.

A campaign to increase carton recycling has been launched by the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and Environment UK.

The UK recycled 43.9 per cent of waste from households in 2012, according to new statistics released by Defra today.

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council’s executive approves proposals to switch to kerbside-sort recycling with three-weekly residual collection.

Kerbside recycling collections in Mendip could be delayed for a further six weeks due to driver shortages, warns Somerset Waste Partnership.

The Recycle for Wales website is in contention for Website of the Year, against competition such as Facebook and Amazon.

The City of London Corporation has launched its annual campaign to reduce chewing gum litter in the Square Mile.