Waste

Plans for new plants in London, Hertfordshire, Manchester and Gateshead announced

Prime Minister tells schoolchildren discussions are underway in Number 10 about introducing plastic bag charging for England

Consultation kicked off for new standard designed to make it easier for companies to offer products and materials for re-use

Leading packaging firms team up to develop major new facility capable of recycling 40 per cent of the UK's beverage cartons

Planning permission granted for project designed to turn adjacent businesses' waste streams into commercially viable products

Licensing agreement set to see company's commercial vehicles used to electrify Taiwan's garbage collection fleet

Scottish government becomes the first adminstration to join international corporate group promoting worldwide resource efficiency

Tamar Energy warns plans to build 40 anaerobic digestion plants are being hampered by localised collection rules

Industry survey finds restaurants are 'drastically underestimating' the importance consumers attach to food waste

Rise in number of plants burning waste may be disincentive to greener methods of disposal