UK manufacturers are calling for bolder government action on cutting environmental red tape, according to a new report from EEF.

Supermarket chain Asda is to donate £360,000 made from the Welsh plastic bag charge to community groups in Wales, it has announced.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is taking steps to improve compliance of aluminium reprocessors, following a shortfall in PRNs issued towards tatutory business targets for 2015.

The Scottish Government has launched a public consultation into the possibility of a circular economy in Scotland.

The rate of local authority reuse, recycling and composting in Wales rose to its highest-ever figure, 56 per cent, in 2014/15, according to data released by the Welsh Government today.

Defra has changed the definition of a ‘portable’ battery to one under 4kg, rectifying a ‘grey area’ in reporting but increasing costs of compliance for producers.

The Environmental Services Association's Executive Director, Jacob Hayler, looks at the UK's current recycling rate, and what we can do to improve it.

The sampling requirements for the Materials Facility Regulations have been in force for the best part of a year now, but what exactly have they achieved? Resource investigates

Just how green is the Green Investment Bank? Eunomia Chairman Dominic Hogg evaluates the institution’s performance when it comes to waste

Planning applications for shale gas exploration will be subject to a new dedicated planning process that aims to deliver faster decision-making, the government has announced.