As much as one-fifth of all lamps sold in the UK could be non-compliant with WEEE regulations, according to research by recovery scheme Recolight.

New WRAP report reveals impressive reductions in water use, carbon and waste in the textiles production cycle from Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP) signatories.

Materials recycling trade association launches reprocessor backed quality recycling award

The first delivery of food waste has been tipped at ReFood’s new £32-million anaerobic digestion facility in Dagenham, the largest food waste recycling plant in London.

New provisional statistics from the Health and Safety Executive reveal that fourteen people were fatally injured in the waste and recycling industry in 2016/17, a dramatic increase on last year’s six.

SUEZ has announced that it is rolling out Organix, the ‘first digital marketplace for organic waste’, across France with the aim of connecting organic waste producers with biogas operators.

The Scottish Government has commissioned Zero Waste Scotland to carry out ‘detailed work’ on how a deposit-return scheme could work in the country, presenting a significant step in the campaign to reinvent how plastic packaging is recycled.

Members of the waste and resources industry descended on London this week for two days of discussion on the sector's hot topics. Producer responsibility, stuttering recycling rates, Brexit and a large serving of politics were the major talking points. Here are some of our main takeaways.

A study offering four models for the evolution of the UK’s producer responsibility system was launched by compliance scheme Valpak at the Resourcing the Future Conference.

An Office of Environmental Responsibility should be created to drive green governmental thinking and take account of natural capital in the UK, Baroness Parminter told the Resourcing the Future Conference.