The government has announced that mandatory digital waste tracking won’t be implemented this year. The Department for ...

A Lincolnshire firm is to turn a waste transfer station in Rutland into a recycling centre. Grantham Industries said it would ...

DS Smith has completed its merger with US giant International Paper. The firms joined forces on 31 January in a bid to create ...

Biffa has recycled old bins into 1,500 closed-loop replacements. The waste management giant revealed the milestone as it set ...

Industry testing body RecyClass has updated key documents to keep track with evolving packaging methods. The organisation ...

Veolia is to help a number of colleges and universities in Scotland recycle materials including plastic, paper, glass and metal.

Somerset Council has launched a campaign to boost metal packaging recycling in the county. The West Country authority teamed with its waste contractor Suez for the six-week publicity initiative.

Asda has launched a coffee-pod recycling service at more than 600 stores across the UK. Customers can order bags from specialist provider Podback online and take them filled with used aluminium and ...

Founded 70 years ago, Alpla grew its revenue to €4.9bn (£4.1bn) in 2024 and increased its workforce to 24,350 people, who work across 46 countries. The firm said it invested “at least €50m a year” in ...

Regulations to enable the creation of a deposit-return scheme for drinks containers in England and Northern Ireland have been approved by the House of Commons. MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of ...

Campaigners have called for a ban on sending complete electronic items to landfills or incinerators. Think tank Green Alliance said reuse of digital devices had to be increased to boost access to the ...

The body set up to oversee extended producer responsibility rules for packaging has started work. PackUK will set fees under the controversial initiative and ensure money is collected from obligated ...