RECOUP’s guideline document for those who use plastic packaging, Recyclability by Design, has been refreshed and revised for Spring 2015.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Novelis, ACE UK, Pledge4Plastics, and O2 Recycle.

Wrexham County Borough Council has become the 50th local authority to partner with the MetalMatters recycling campaign.

Businesses and individuals are being encouraged to take part in the UK’s first Community Clear Up Day on Saturday (21 March)

Industry stakeholders urgently call on retailers to switch back to using recycled plastic packaging, as the market experiences ‘unprecedented challenges’.

The EC must make better use of its Ecodesign Directive if it is to address unsustainable resource consumption and bring about a circular economy, says the European Environmental Bureau.

Three councils have begun trialling kerbside recycling collections of flexible laminated packaging as part of a new Defra-funded study.

The number of disposable wipes discarded on UK beaches has risen by 50 per cent in one year, the Marine Conservation Society has found.

Bedfordshire waste management firm Monoworld Limited has been ordered to pay more than £23,000 for the illegal shipment of waste.

Eunomia is calling on government to introduce a deposit-refund scheme for drinks packaging and introduce levies on chewing gum and cigarettes to reduce litter.