In the plastic recycling industry, the casualties keep coming. Waste management company Biffa's Sunderland plant closed in ...

Liberal Democrat campaigner Simon Thorley has called for an intervention to halt plans for the Endolys thermal pyrolysis ...

Waste firm Biffa said Lorna Slater should have been up front about the risk posed by the internal market rules to the failed ...

For some, what happens to the contents of your household ‘food bin’ that many councils collect for recycling waste is perhaps even more mysterious than what happens to the plastic in our recycling ...

Food and drink cartons along with toothpaste tubes can now be recycled in the same container as glass, plastics and tins following an upgrade ...

New weekly food waste and recycling collections will be introduced as part of a new scheme starting in April 2026 ...

Health concerns have been raised over plans to open the UK's first plastic film recycling facility. Endolys Ltd announced ...

With Bonfire Night approaching, if you are thinking of having one, be warned that you can only burn certain items, or you face being fined. Bonfires are typically held at public firework events, but ...

Meanwhile, the single-use plastic packaging used to reduce food wastage poses a more insidious problem. Once discarded, the ...

AS Halloween approaches, Colchester residents are being urged to recycle their Halloween pumpkins to help cut down on food waste. Colchester Council is encouraging residents to cook, compost or ...

Hundreds of jobs will be created as part of plans to build the UK's first large-scale plastic film recycling facility in ...

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