Use of single-use carrier bags in Northern Ireland has risen by 8.2 per cent from the figure recorded for the first year after introducing a carrier bag levy, according to Department of the Environment statistics.

Local authorities and businesses from Essex, Suffolk and Kent have joined together to fight litter and attempt to reform littering offenders.

In the 11 months since Cornwall Council introduced charges for certain items at household waste recycling facilities, fly-tipping of those items has more than doubled, council figures show.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including EEF’s sustainability service, a new waste transfer station and a hunt for fly-tippers.

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.

Residents in three districts of Ayrshire are being called upon to boost household recycling of metal packaging across the county as part of Alupro’s MetalMatters campaign.

The families of two women who died in a bin lorry crash in December 2014 are seeking a private prosecution against the driver.

Liverpool City Council will set up a new arms-length company to operate its waste collection service in an attempt to bring down costs and improve performance.

Around 100 refuse collection staff employed by Veolia will strike over three days after ‘years of below-inflation pay’.

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.