Council seeks public views on waste service changes aimed at reaching 65 per cent recycling target

Cardiff Council expands its ‘sack sort’ scheme to 36,000 households in an effort to meet the Welsh Government’s recycling targets

Birmingham City Council pilot stores and rehomes furniture left behind by council tenants

The Restart Project, ReLondon, and Octopus Community Network receive grants for projects to reduce food waste and e-waste

The council cites public opposition, emissions reduction, and the large amount of plastic being burned as the reasons for the decision

RECOUP survey reveals 312 councils must add film and flexible plastic collections within two years if current Government requirement is to be met

Defra publishes new guidance with TEEP clause likely to maintain status quo for commingled collection of dry recyclables

NAWDO, LARAC and The Recycling Association urge government to reconsider DRS plans following Wales's exit from UK-wide system

New research shows that 5.6M tonnes of packaging waste was binned by households last year

With almost half of all UK household waste currently burned, waste industry challenges the BBC's new research revealing incineration produces same CO2 per unit of energy as coal