Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead is meeting with his UK counterpart, Liz Truss, to discuss the potential of bringing in a deposit-return scheme for drinks packaging.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including tyre recycling, EWWR Awards, LitterARTI, and fly-tipping prosecutions.

A delegation from the European Commission has taken part in a workshop this week to broker co-operation that could help create a new supply chain in the bio-based industry.

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the measures it should implement in its revised Circular Economy Package to bring about sustainability.

The European Environmental Bureau has launched a new campaign promoting better product design, reuse, and recycling, in a bid to reduce waste and boost resource security.

Plastics Recyclers Europe is warning that increasing use of coloured PET packaging could lead to ‘a collapse in the PET & HDPE recycling industry’.

A fire broke out at an Inverness waste transfer station, run by SUEZ environnement, last night, after a ‘pressurised canister’ caught alight.

Nearly 80 per cent of the Scottish public support the introduction of a deposit return scheme, the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland (APRS) has revealed.

Welsh local authorities recycled, reused and composted 56 per cent of municipal waste in the 12 months to December 2014, new figures have revealed.

Zero Waste Scotland is considering the feasibility of introducing a devolved packaging recovery note system to improve recycling and tackle litter.