Two new public drinking fountains have been installed in Bury, Greater Manchester, in a bid to reduce plastic pollution and encourage the uptake of free drinking water.

An inquiry has been launched by Parliament’s Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee into the effects of the new Resources and Waste Strategy on English local authorities.

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on Environmental Principles and Governance aimed at considering how to maintain coherent and effective environmental governance once the UK leaves the EU.

All further scheduled industrial action by refuse workers in Birmingham belonging to the trade union Unite has been called off after Birmingham City Council approved an agreement to bring the strike to an end on Friday 15 March.

The council-owned Bristol Waste Company has launched its #WasteNothing Challenge, asking 50 households to track their waste and recycling for a year.

Vehicle manufacturer Romaquip has added four more local authorities to its growing portfolio of contracts for its Kerb-Sort recycling collection vehicles.

The Unite trade union has called off the Birmingham bin strike scheduled for today (8 March) after a new deal was put forward to bring the dispute to a close.

The Surrey Waste Partnership has been making strides with a recycling programme to tackle the difficult problem of waste management in flats. Will Simpson finds out more

Following Stroud District Council’s incredible increase in its recycling rate over the last two years, Dr Sarah Kemp, Junior Modeller at Eunomia Research and Consulting, explores whether its approach to waste provides a model for other councils to replicate

The top 10 in Resource’s annual list of influencers, the Hot 100, has been announced, with Cat Fletcher, Reuse Manager at Brighton and Hove City Council and co-founder of reuse network Freegle, taking the top spot.