Plans to introduce a pay-as-you-throw waste collection system in Guernsey by mid-2016 have been delayed until 2017.

Certain retailers will begin charging shoppers in England a minimum of five pence for single-use carrier bags today.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including the Environment Agency’s new CEO, Brighton Fashion Week and a new structure for Smurfit Kappa.

Officers from the Environment Agency took part in an operation in Lincolnshire on Wednesday in an attempt to identify illegal waste traders.

A new anaerobic digestion plant for the Tomorrow’s Valley project local authorities in South Wales was opened by Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant yesterday.

The Joint Trade Association has submitted a proposal to operate a waste electrical and electronic equipment compliance fee mechanism for 2015.

New Scottish MRF Code of Practice obligations have come into force, with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency vowing to encourage compliance through communication.

More than 13,000 jobs could be created in Northern Ireland by 2030 if the country moved to a ‘bolder, transformative’ circular economy, according to a report released today.

The Scottish household waste recycling rate rose to 42.8 per cent in 2014, according to statistics issued today by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

The Scottish Resources Conference, to be held next week, will seek to address the dual issues of food waste and the circular economy in Scotland.