The WRAP-convened Food Pact Network that brings together ten national and regional voluntary agreements across nine countries has published its first global food report. Ten national and regional ...

An independent government review has positioned domestic waste streams as a strategic asset for achieving the UK's net zero targets, identifying substantial potential for greenhouse gas removals ...

Lancashire County Council is encouraging its 12 districts to move to three-weekly general waste collections as part of a strategy that could deliver £6 million in annual savings. David Whipp, Leader ...

The UK's largest flexible plastic packaging (FPP) collection trial has established a blueprint for nationwide kerbside collections, showing that dedicated collection bags can successfully integrate ...

The UK Deposit Management Organisation (UK DMO), the body tasked with operating the deposit return scheme for England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, has chosen John Bason as Chair. Following ...

Export restrictions on steel scrap could devastate the UK metals recycling industry, with analysis by Sheffield Hallam University showing that even modest quotas could cost billions in lost gross ...

The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) has launched a formal investigation into the management of legacy landfill pollution, following a successful application by Margaret Mullane, ...

Students at New College Lanarkshire can earn 20p for every can or plastic bottle returned through reverse vending machines (RVMs) in a deposit return scheme trial. Environmental charity Keep Scotland ...

Packaging extended producer responsibility compliance scheme Ecosurety has acquired the Refill app, website and Return programme assets from environmental charity City to Sea, which announced its ...

More than 350 million people worldwide now have access to deposit return schemes (DRS), according to new data released by circular economy non-profit Reloop. The findings come as part of Reloop's new ...