EXCLUSIVE: Members of the biochemical sector are being asked to attend an event next week to help develop a new trade association for the industry.

Zero Waste Scotland is calling on individuals, schools and businesses across the country to take part in a national reuse week during March 2015.

Haulage and plant hire company Rory J Holbrook Limited has been ordered to pay £247,278 for illegally handling waste on land in Blofield, Norfolk.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including FCC Environment, Viridor, and Resource event.

Zero Waste Scotland and The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce are to host circular economy workshops in February.

New data published for the second quarter of 2014/15 shows that, for the first time since 2009/10, household recycling rates have stalled in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland has extended its five-pence carrier bag charge to include all new ‘cheap’ carrier bags, including reusable ones.

The Scottish Institute of Remanufacture, based at University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, has been officially opened.

The Department of Energy & Climate Change has stripped Nuclear Management Partners of its £9-billion contract to clean up the Sellafield nuclear site.

Central government responds to the EFRA Committee's inquiry on waste management, and says it currently has ‘no plans to reintroduce statutory recycling targets for local authorities’