Waste Management

Scotland's circular economy ambitions and future relationship with the European Union are among the topics that will be covered at next month’s Scottish Resources Conference 2016.

The British public are frustrated at the lack of consistency and transparency surrounding recycling in the UK, and almost a quarter don’t trust councils to recycle their collections properly, a new national survey has found.

A waste boss from Southampton has been imprisoned for a series of illegal waste disposal crimes, with the sentencing coming five years after a previous conviction.

The resources industry has welcomed the publication of a plan to introduce more consistent recycling across England in an attempt to increase participation and decrease contamination of kerbside recycling services.

Knowing what happens to recycling once it’s been collected is a growing motivation in English residents’ participation in council recycling services, especially for those under the age of 35, according to research commissioned by the Resource Association.

Waste Minister Therese Coffey says that the government’s environmental policy following Brexit will be “focused on outcomes” and that certain elements of the Circular Economy Package could end in “perverse” results.

Eight out of 10 British adults say they recycle all or the vast majority of the waste they know to be recyclable in their homes, despite the UK’s recycling rate flatlining at 45 per cent.

How is Resource London, a new partnership launched to support London’s waste authorities, helping them to save money and recycle more? 

97 per cent of businesses think they are fulfilling their legal waste obligations, despite the fact that nearly half are risking prosecution through non-compliance, a survey of SMEs has found.