Banbury and Bicester, Oxfordshire, are the latest towns to set up a community water bottle refill scheme in a bid to reduce plastic pollution.

A campaign has been launched for the UN to recognise a large area of plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean as an official country, with former US Vice President Al Gore becoming the first honorary citizen of ‘the Trash Isles.’

Industry members give their thoughts on whether the existing PRN system needs reform following Brexit.

Our Insider questions the legality of private services stepping in where councils are restricting residual waste.

Starbucks UK will, from today, be selling selected food items at a 50 per cent discount during the last hour of service in its UK stores, with all proceeds going to food charity Action Against Hunger.

Resource talks to Zero Waste Week founder Rachelle Strauss about the origins of the annual waste reduction awareness campaign and the importance of perseverance in everyone’s zero waste story.

Four-in-five people in Britain are concerned about the amount waste produced in the UK, a new poll has revealed, as the tenth annual Zero Waste Week kicks off.

Friends of Glass has released a new online campaign video featuring comedian rapper Doc Brown in an attempt to inform ‘millenials’ about the benefits of glass recycling.

Kenya has implemented a tough ban on plastic bags with those that contravene the ban facing fines of up to £30,000 and jail sentences of up to four years.

Bolton Council has reportedly saved £3.4 million in waste disposal costs since the introduction of its ‘slim bins’, while also increasing the authority’s recycling rate to over 50 per cent.