Waste operators will need to pay £84.40 for every tonne of waste disposed of at landfill from 1 April 2016, the Finance (No.2) Bill has revealed.

The UK Green Investment Bank’s interventions in the UK waste sector ‘risk hindering the country’s efforts to increase recycling’, warns Eunomia.

Businesses and individuals are being encouraged to take part in the UK’s first Community Clear Up Day on Saturday (21 March)

Industry stakeholders urgently call on retailers to switch back to using recycled plastic packaging, as the market experiences ‘unprecedented challenges’.

Three councils have begun trialling kerbside recycling collections of flexible laminated packaging as part of a new Defra-funded study.

New laws enhancing enforcement authorities’ powers to seize vehicles suspected of involvement in fly-tipping and waste crime have been in laid in England and Wales.

The Budget 2015 reveals that government will provide an extra £4.2 million to tackle waste crime, reform the Landfill Communities Fund, and introduce a raft of initiatives to “put Britain at the forefront of the online sharing economy”.

DCLG has announced the 46 projects that have been awarded Recycling Reward Scheme funding, and has inflated the fund by a further £6.1 million ‘due to its popularity’.

Eunomia is calling on government to introduce a deposit-refund scheme for drinks packaging and introduce levies on chewing gum and cigarettes to reduce litter.

The CLG Committee is calling on government to assign a portion of any increase in tobacco levies to local councils to help cover the cost street cleaning.