A three-month communications campaign has boosted recycling in the North West. The leaflet, radio and social-media education programme led to a 19 per cent reduction in rejection of material at ...

These are the latest HMRC export figures for May 2025 for PE-based plastics – commodity code 391510. Only destinations of ...

These are the latest HMRC export figures for May 2025 for key paper and cardboard grades. Only destinations of more than 1,000 tonnes per month are included.

Clean Planet Energy is to build a plant in Lincolnshire to process hard-to-recycle plastics. The company announced its ...

A major fire at a Viridor recycling centre in South East England last week has been linked to a discarded battery.

Tata Steel has started construction of a modern facility for recycling metal in Wales. The Indian multinational began works ...

The Welsh Government has pledged to "accelerate" work to launch a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers.

Chain grocers including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Aldi released a joint “statement of intent” on reducing single-use containers by 2030. They pointed to research showing that if 30 per cent of packaging ...

Licensed refuse-handling businesses won't have to report the materials they accept on the long-awaited digital waste tracking service until October 2026, the government has revealed.

Veolia has started building a closed-loop recycling plant for plastic food and drink containers. The waste giant said the ...

More than half of people lack trust in the quality and safety of reused or recycled products, research has revealed.

Mars said a collaboration with Delterra, Amcor and Procter & Gamble had committed $6 million (£4.4m) over five years to ...