Compostable food-service packaging company Vegware launches post-back service to encourage appropriate collection and treatment of its products.

David Ward Jnr, head of Ward SP, wants demolition and construction companies to maximise their recycling.

A new report from the National Bed Federation shows there has been a 55 per cent increase in the number of mattresses being recycled in the UK over the past three years.

Waste management company Biffa has been convicted of breaching waste export regulations for attempting to send heavily contaminated waste to China.

The French Government is set to ban the destruction of unsold non-food goods as part of new legislation on the circular economy, though concerns have been raised that it does not go far enough.

Natural Resources Wales has removed waste mattresses from a site in Llandow, the Vale of Glamorgan, illegally dumped by Envik Recycling Services.

Research by British bed manufacturer Happy Beds has found a huge disparity in how much local authorities charge for collecting and recycling mattresses.

The RDF Industry Group has published sector-specific advice for the RDF and residual waste industry on how to develop fire prevention plans.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including NLWA, Casepak and Clarity Environmental.

Drinks containers made from aluminium, steel, glass and PET plastic will now carry a 20 pence deposit in Scotland as part of the Scottish Government’s new deposit return scheme.