Technology and research hub Aimplas is working on a project to decontaminate recycled plastic to enable food contact.

Viridor last year announced plans to close its mechanical recycling site in Avonmouth, Bristol, citing an “absence of planned ...

A Yorkshire authority has boosted its glass recycling rate to 75 per cent after introducing kerbside collections of the ...

Metals recycler EMR has joined a consortium looking to find a way of recovering and reusing rare-earth magnets from vehicles.

Walsall Council has completed construction of a £32 million waste and recycling facility. The West Midlands authority said ...

Brussels has warned that US tariffs could “worsen” metal recycling rates in Europe. The European Commission said the 50 per ...

The European Commission has called for evidence as it draws up a Circular Economy Act. It launched an online consultation on ...

An intense 10-day period of negotiation has begun in a fresh attempt to find a global agreement on plastic pollution.

Three people have been arrested in North West England as part of an investigation into illegal recycling paperwork.

Biffa has urged ministers to intervene to boost the market for recycled plastic after the waste giant closed a reprocessing ...

The government has promised to ensure more than £1bn is spent improving recycling of household waste over the next year.

Ten Scottish councils recycled more than 4,500 extra tonnes of material in 2023 after receiving £15.6 million from a government fund, research has revealed.