Around 420,000 tonnes of beverage cartons were recycled in 2014, representing a recycling rate of 43 per cent in Europe.

The UK’s total household waste recycling rate rose to 44.9 per cent in 2014, up from 44.1 per cent in 2013, according to official statistics released today (15 December) by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

A voluntary framework for consistent recycling systems across Scotland has today been announced by the Scottish Government and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.

Recycle Now is encouraging consumers to recycle the 290,000 tonnes of card packaging that will be used in the UK this Christmas, with six festive recycling tips.

The National Assembly of Wales will debate tomorrow on the possibility of a deposit-return scheme, weeks after the Welsh Conservatives announced that a Conservative government would introduce a pilot system.

RECOUP has become the latest industry body to buy into the On Pack Recycling Label scheme, in an effort to improve recycling of plastic packaging materials.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's War on Waste has raised the profile of paper cup waste. We look at recycler Simply Cups to find out how the troublesome product is currently treated.

Northern Irish councils could save up to £4 million while boosting the country’s economy through universal adoption of a stacked recycling box system, says Bryson Recycling.

Plastics Recycling Show (PRS) Europe, a two-day conference for members of the plastics and recycling industries, has been postponed and may be cancelled after Brussels was put on the highest level of terror alert this weekend.

Packaging recycling data across EU member states shows inconsistencies and variances, according to a new study by the Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance (EXPRA).