Plastics reprocessor REGAIN Polymers has been sold to Imerys Group, a multinational supplier of mineral-based solutions based in Paris.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has committed the Scottish Government to a deposit-return scheme in her Government's Programme for 2017/18.

Groups from across the waste industry have warned that proposed Environment Agency changes to waste wood classification could reduce the UK’s recycling rate by two to six per cent a year.

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.

The government has launched a competition offering the opportunity to win funding for research into sustainable waste-based fuels for planes and lorries.

The Prospecting Secondary Materials in the Urban Mine and Mining Wastes (ProSUM) project is set to launch the first Urban Mine Knowledge Data Platform to increase the recovery of WEEE, end-of-life vehicles, batteries and mining wastes.

Fercell Engineering has discovered a new solution for aluminium-based swarfs produced by machining processes.

Beverage carton recycling provision by local authorities has jumped from 10 per cent to 92 per cent in the past decade.

Niels Flierman, Operations Director at DS Smith Paper, explains how consistent collections stressing quality would benefit the whole supply chain.

The Recycling Association and the Confederation of Paper Industries have urged ministers to contact the Chinese government over its proposed ban on all waste plastics and unsorted paper from 2018.