Recycling

Little progress has been made to encourage the public to re-use and recycle electronic products since last EAC report, MPs find

Target would boost economy, improve nation's resource security, and tackle emissions, Environment Secretary claims

Almost 90,000 Brits, including nearly 13,000 school classes and 39 MPs, are to count plastic waste this week as part of Greenpeace UK and Everyday Plastic's national survey

Supermarket to become first in UK to ditch glass in favour of lightweight paper bottles for its own-brand red and white wine from later this month

Glasgow art installation designed to highlight success of city's deposit return scheme pilot project, which has now recycled more than a quarter of a million bottles and cans

Supermarket partners with Flexible Plastic Fund on pioneering new scheme

Government fails to deny reports that the introduction of England’s Deposit Return Scheme could be delayed until 2028

BMW Group's Dr Irene Feige discusses the manufacturer's embrace of circularity and long-term vision of a fully recyclable car made from secondary and bio-based materials

New lifecycle analysis of PLA bioplastics questions environmental credentials of 'compostable' plastic

It has been five months since the government set out its new waste management strategy - the time is nigh to start implementing it, writes the REA's Jenny Grant