Fixed penalty notices for fly-tippers will be introduced in England ‘at the earliest opportunity’ following a government consultation into waste crime enforcement.

Scotland is to be set a formal food waste reduction target, Scottish Environment Minister Richard Lochhead has said.

Environment Secretary Liz Truss vowed to ‘crack down on waste cowboys’, while Resources Minister Rory Stewart has called for more consistency in collections.

WRAP has been named as one of four beneficiaries of Wilko’s carrier bag charge profits.

Plans to introduce a pay-as-you-throw waste collection system in Guernsey by mid-2016 have been delayed until 2017.

Certain retailers will begin charging shoppers in England a minimum of five pence for single-use carrier bags today.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including the Environment Agency’s new CEO, Brighton Fashion Week and a new structure for Smurfit Kappa.

Officers from the Environment Agency took part in an operation in Lincolnshire on Wednesday in an attempt to identify illegal waste traders.

A new anaerobic digestion plant for the Tomorrow’s Valley project local authorities in South Wales was opened by Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant yesterday.

The Joint Trade Association has submitted a proposal to operate a waste electrical and electronic equipment compliance fee mechanism for 2015.