Local authorities across the UK are declaring Climate Emergencies, committing to reducing their carbon emissions to net zero. But how can their waste management contribute to that aim? Imogen Benson reports.

West Sussex County Council has announced that it will be ending payments of recycling credits to District and Borough Councils from 1 April 2020, claiming the system has ‘not driven any significant improvement in performance’.

CAG Oxfordshire (Community Action Groups Oxfordshire) is to become a community benefit society from December 2019, going it alone 18 years after it was set up.

Mars Wrigley and social enterprise Behaviour Change have launched a free toolkit to help local authorities and property owners to reduce gum littering.

The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) has confirmed that Carole Taylor will continue as Chair for another two-year term.

The latest statistics from DAERA show that Northern Ireland’s recycling rate has risen 1.9 per cent to 50 per cent.

England’s ‘waste from households’ recycling rate has risen by 0.3 per cent to 45.1 per cent in 2018/19, according to Defra’s latest stats.

The latest quarterly reports indicate Wales’ recycling rate has risen to an all-time high of 67 per cent.

Local authorities have dealt with more than one million fly-tipping incidents in 2018/19, according to new figures from Defra.

Hubbub launches innovative on-the-go recycling bins and art installations on the streets of Edinburgh.