The paint industry is calling on government to boost support for remanufactured paint and for household waste recycling centres to accept leftover household paint as part of a drive to increase its redistribution.

Salford City Council could become the third local authority (LA) in Greater Manchester to implement three-weekly waste collections, should a recommended pilot be voted through its cabinet next week.

Swansea council has seen success with its initiative to limit the number of black bags residents can throw away. Resource reports.

Angus Evers from King & Wood Mallesons explains the EU Commission’s consultation on the functioning of waste markets in the EU and Defra’s proposals for a revised waste duty of care code of practice.

An exercise will be held at a Lincolnshire recycling centre tomorrow (Thursday, 19 November) to test the response from emergency services and public-sector organisations to fires at waste sites.

Environment Agency contractors started work to clear an abandoned village tip in Yorkshire holding 10,000 tonnes of smouldering waste yesterday.

Powys will become the second local authority in Wales to implement three-weekly kerbside residual waste collections when the new system begins next Monday.

Two Cambridgeshire local authorities have begun merged waste operations that aim to reduce fuel costs and optimise collection routes.

Recycling systems are in place across the UK, so now we just have to get people to use them. Edward Perchard investigates how campaigns are seeking to drive behaviour change in residents.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including FoodCycle’s Breadline Challenge, meat in cardboard bins and a profit warning for Sims.