The Prince of Wales has voiced his support for bottle deposit schemes, after backing Sky’s Ocean Rescue campaign against marine plastic.

The New Plastics Economy’s latest action plan to reuse and recycle 70 per cent of the world’s plastic packaging through better design and business models has been backed by industry leaders.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector including Alupro's professional cycling sponsorship, the Princess takes to the Battlefield and a HWRC contract in Devon.

The designer of a mobile recycling facility says that governments and NGOs must seek practical solutions to sanitation in refugee camps, with the number of displaced people around the world at record levels.

A new study by packaging trade association INCPEN backs behaviour change campaigns instead of bag and bottle charges to reduce littering levels.

San Francisco-based artist Von Wong decided to do something about plastic pollution by making it ‘extravagant, unique and different’ through the addition of a mermaid. He shared some of his images and the stories behind them with us.

Police in the Chinese province of Jiangsu have arrested three men after an illegal operation recycling medical waste into children’s toys and tableware was uncovered.

Marine preservation organisations and personal care product producers are being asked to give their views on a proposed microbead ban, which a consultation has revealed would be limited to ‘rinse-off’ products.

Mistra Future Fashion, a Swedish fashion research programme, has launched an investigation into polyester fabrics shedding microplastics that pose a threat to the marine environment.

A Cardiff-based company, Thermal Compaction Group, is pioneering a new clinical waste recycling process at one of Wales’ oldest hospitals.