The Merseyside Waste & Recycling Authority is offering voluntary groups and social enterprises a share of a £110,000 Community Fund pot to deliver green projects

New figures from Defra show that, between April and June 2014, local authorities in England recycled more organic waste than dry recyclables for the first time.

Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion councils have become the first Welsh local authorities to let contracts under a new waste framework agreement developed with Eunomia.

Zero Waste Scotland has awarded Scottish Borders Council with a £250,000 funding package to assist with the launch of its new food waste collection service.

Leicestershire County Council has become the latest local authority to consider reducing some of its waste offerings to save money.

Kent County Council has awarded New Earth Solutions with a five-year contract to process around 17,000 tonnes of food waste a year.

WRAP has launched a new online ‘Recycling Locator’ that enables householders to find out what materials they can recycle and where they can recycle them.

The UK Green Investment Bank is launching a £50-million investment fund to support biomass projects.

Walsall Council has withdrawn plans to charge for green waste collections from 2016, after 70 per cent of residents said they would not pay for the service.

East Dorset District Council opposes Dorset Waste Partnership's proposals to charge residents for using household waste recycling centres, following government intervention.