ZWS has launched a Carrier Bag Commitment that it hopes will reduce the amount of single-use carrier bags in circulation.

EA announces ‘risk-based regime for regulation’ of the revised Waste Framework Directive’s separate collection requirements.

Ellen MacArthur stimulates discussion on the circular economy during Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowship Summer School.

A roundup of this week’s news including Croydon’s litter campaign and Recycle for Wales’s tips for a greener barbeque.

WRAP has released a new video to encourage farmers to use anaerobic digestate alongside conventional fertilisers.

The Institute of Civil Engineers calls for a coherent waste management body in BIS to deliver a circular economy and improve infrastructure.

G & P Batteries has doubled its capacity to around three million cells per week with a new sorting system.

A scrap metal company in Sussex has been sentenced for safety breaches after a site worker lost both legs.

Two new UN agency reports show that plastic waste costs $13 billion worth of annual damage to marine ecosystems.

Food and garden waste from households in Greater Manchester is being recycled into multi-purpose compost for residents.