Central government is to consult the waste industry on how the Landfill Communities Fund can be improved to better support communities.

Members of the renewable energy sector outline the ‘key tests’ they’d like to see political parties take forward in the next general election.

Government has backed a new industry partnership campaign, Pledge 4 Plastics, which aims to increase the collection of plastic packaging for recycling.

Resource Minister Dan Rogerson has written to members of the waste industry to outline government’s future work to tackle waste crime.

The Liberal Democrat manifesto for 2015 will include new environmental laws, such as landfill bans for biodegradable waste.

A group of UK charities has called on government to create an Office for Resource Risk to assess and manage resource insecurity.

Central government has today launched a £5-million recycling incentives fund for councils with weekly waste collections.

As the economic benefits of recycling are increasingly noted, there are calls for the waste portfolio to be moved from Defra to BIS. Annie Reece reports

The British Plastics Federation Recycling Group calls for packaging recovery note targets to favour domestic recycling.

Veolia is challenging Eric Pickles on his decision to refuse planning permission to a new incinerator in Hertfordshire.