Defra is to investigate the possibility of introducing a regulatory treatment standard for refuse-derived fuel after consultation reveals ‘market failures’.

Recycling half of the items littered in England would have an economic value of at least £14.8 million, finds Keep Britain Tidy report.

The Resource Association has released a new video highlighting the challenge of contamination in recycling and what can be done to overcome it.

With most people now recycling paper and packaging, attention is turning to trickier streams. Resource finds out how London is aiming to boost mattress recycling

Recycling company TerraCycle has launched a new recycling programme for air and homecare products.

Waste management firm SiteServ (now in administration) has been fined £11,000 for illegally exporting waste.

Stakeholders are being asked to respond to a consultation on changes to the waste classification and assessment guidance.

A fire involving a ‘large quantity of recycling materials’ has broken out at CEW Recycling Group’s facility in St Helens.

With materials becoming ever more thin on the ground, it’s time to stop burying our heads in the sand, and that includes recognising the scarcity of sand itself. Libby Peake learns more

The Welsh Government is to make site waste management plans voluntary, despite outlining plans to make them mandatory.