Households in Cardiff will receive a one-off garden waste collection in May to allow residents to dispose of waste built up during the Covid-19 pandemic, Cardiff Council has announced.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is to “explore the potential for further support” for the waste and resources sector as it rolls out a Covid-19 impacts survey.

A new campaign has been launched by the Scottish Government to inform residents about managing their waste where collection services have been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rick Hindley, Executive Director at Alupro, explores the possible implications of severe disruptions to UK recycling collections caused by Covid-19 and what it could mean for the aluminium packaging supply chain.

Frontline waste workers in England and their families will now be able to access Covid-19 testing if they display symptoms as the government seeks greater certainty over who has the virus.

Local authorities are planning for a “controlled and consistent” reopening of Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) once the government publishes its strategy for exiting the Covid-19 lockdown, according to the latest ADEPT local authority impact survey.

On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Jane Asscher, CEO and Co-founder of behaviour change agency 23red, looks at how brands and businesses can help consumers to make sustainable choices in a post-coronavirus world.

Waste management company Veolia UK and Ireland has published guidance today for local authorities on the safe reopening of Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs) during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Cardiff Council has urged residents to continue to separate recyclables at the kerbside despite announcing it had taken the “temporary measure” to send recyclables for incineration during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A poll by SUEZ recycling and recovery UK during a webinar has found that no local authority representatives found a trip to a Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC) an ‘essential trip’ for householders during the Covid-19 pandemic.