The rate of local authority reuse, recycling and composting in Wales rose to its highest-ever figure, 56 per cent, in 2014/15, according to data released by the Welsh Government today.

Defra has changed the definition of a ‘portable’ battery to one under 4kg, rectifying a ‘grey area’ in reporting but increasing costs of compliance for producers.

The Environmental Services Association's Executive Director, Jacob Hayler, looks at the UK's current recycling rate, and what we can do to improve it.

The sampling requirements for the Materials Facility Regulations have been in force for the best part of a year now, but what exactly have they achieved? Resource investigates

Just how green is the Green Investment Bank? Eunomia Chairman Dominic Hogg evaluates the institution’s performance when it comes to waste

Planning applications for shale gas exploration will be subject to a new dedicated planning process that aims to deliver faster decision-making, the government has announced.

Wales’s Natural Resources Minister and Scotland’s Energy Minister have written a joint letter to UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd warning her that her renewables strategy ‘will significantly damage’ the renewables sector.

A Director of former compost recycling company Wormtech Limited could be liable to pay £1.6 million to cover the cost of clearing illegally-stored waste.

England's recycling rate hit 44.8 per cent in the calendar year 2014, up by just 0.6 per cent on the year before, provisional statistics from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs show.

The Waste & Resources Action Programme and Valpak have announced that they are to undertake new research into paper and card packaging flows.