£665,000 of new funding has been announced to help local authorities promote the re-use and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment.

Talks between Birmingham City Council and Unite to resolve a dispute between refuse workers and the council are close to resuming, according to Unite.

The quality and quantity of Scotland’s recycling is being held back by contamination of the waste being sent to the country’s MRFs, according to SEPA.

Kerbside sort systems hold the key to unlocking over £50 million of economic potential of high quality recyclables in Northern Ireland, according to a Collaborative Circular Economy Network study.

Veolia has called allegations that is has sent recycling to its Sheffield incinerator to fulfil capacity quotas ‘false and entirely incorrect’.

Materials recycling trade association launches reprocessor backed quality recycling award

For the sixth year running, an annual electronic recycling event in Cambridge, held on the University of Cambridge’s campus, allows students, residents and local businesses to recycle their electronic waste for free.

A flexible new bin solution for organisations ranging from private sector contractors to local authorities has been launched by Tamco, a new company backed by the Egbert Taylor Group.

Steve Read has left the Somerset Waste Partnership to take up a new role as Director of Energy, Waste and Environment at West Sussex County Council.

The Scottish Government has commissioned Zero Waste Scotland to carry out ‘detailed work’ on how a deposit-return scheme could work in the country, presenting a significant step in the campaign to reinvent how plastic packaging is recycled.