Liverpool charity CREATE UK has received £25,000 of government funding to recycle and reuse discarded white goods.

New waste crime powers have been approved by the National Assembly for Wales to prevent access to problem waste sites and force operators to remove illegally-dumped waste.

The UK’s plastic packaging recycling rate could be 9-10 percentage points lower than official figures, according to a report from Eunomia Research & Consulting.

Plans for Conwy Borough Council to bring in four-weekly residual waste collections have been delayed due to residents having problems with the system.

Enfield Council is on the road to greener infrastructure with the news that it has begun resurfacing its roads using asphalt made from recycled plastics.

The Welsh Government has approved £7.5 million of funding to help local authorities further improve recycling services, just days after Wales was once again revealed to be the UK’s best recycling nation.

As China’s import restrictions see levels of waste plastic rise in the UK, Keith Freegard, Director of Axion Polymers, argues that low-grade materials should be landfilled rather than burnt for energy.

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has criticised the government’s inadequate response to its ‘Plastic bottles: Turning back the plastic tide’ report and lack of action of preventing plastic bottle waste.

Blackpool Borough Council has announced that it will be bringing its domestic waste service back in-house when its current contract with waste management company Veolia ends in April 2019.

The UK’s Waste from Households recycling rate has increased to 45.2 per cent in 2016, up from 44.6 per cent in 2015, according to official statistics released today (22 February) by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.