Viridor is to close its mechanical recycling site in Bristol following a "detailed strategic review" of the Avonmouth plant.

Black Forest Distillers has created a largely recycled bottle for its flagship Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Sloe Gin.

Circular economy minister Mary Creagh has described a drop in the UK's recycling rate as "deeply disappointing".

Madrid-based dairy products giant Lactalis Iberia is to use cartons made partially from material "linked" to other cartons.

Welsh households recycled 64.6 per cent of their waste in the latest period, up marginally from 64.3 per cent in the prior spell. But recovery of other refuse jumped by almost 5 percentage points to ...

A raft of major business leaders has called for mandatory global rules over product design to boost recycling.

Ministers have promised councils more than £1 billion next year from the controversial extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme for packaging waste, seemingly ending any debate over its ...

Research has shown that people often choose to dispose of their waste in the first bin they find rather than waiting for an ...

Reposit incentivises consumers to return their empty packaging after use in exchange for a money-off reward redeemable against their next purchase. Consumers can scan a QR code on the base of the ...

The global market for biodegradable packaging could more than double over the next nine years, according to research.

The European Container Glass Federation, known as FEVE, said separate collections of the material were critical to increase ...