The resources industry has welcomed the publication of a plan to introduce more consistent recycling across England in an attempt to increase participation and decrease contamination of kerbside recycling services.

Every home in England could be able to recycle the same materials from 2025 as the government and waste industry seek to address confusion, contamination and stagnating recycling rates.

With the packaging industry recently promoting itself as a key part in the circular economy answer, the European Environmental Bureau’s Piotr Barczak argues that single-use packaging is not the way to avoid Europe producing waste.

Eight out of 10 British adults say they recycle all or the vast majority of the waste they know to be recyclable in their homes, despite the UK’s recycling rate flatlining at 45 per cent.

An interview with Chris Hanlon, Commercial Manager of Biffa Polymers, looking at the current state of the plastics market

The government will hold a consultation later this year to consider how best to ban the tiny fragments of plastic used as exfoliants in cosmetic products, with the hope of finalising a ban sometime in 2017.

The association representing the UK packaging industry is searching for a new director after Jane Bickerstaffe announced that she is to retire after 17 years in the role.

A campaign led by top London chefs to ban polystyrene packaging is misguided, and should instead be focused on creating better collection systems from restaurants, says the Recycling Association.

A group of 36 national and European associations has called for the Circular Economy Package to recognise the function of packaging and safeguard the free movement of packaging in the EU’s internal market.

Prominent chefs including Ed Baines and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall have called on Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to ban polystyrene packaging to improve London’s recycling and protect marine life.