The Closed Loop Fund has has revealed its first projects in Ohio, Iowa and Baltimore as it seeks to boost dismal US recycling rates A consortium of 10 of the US’s largest corporations – including Walmart, Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson – has announced three new projects designed to boost dismal recycling rates in the US. [...]

Fife council begins monthly collection for landfill bins, with recycling bins emptied more often, in first UK trial Trials of monthly bin collections in the UK are “an obvious next step” to tackle the UK’s stalling recycling rates, waste management experts have told the Guardian. Fife council have begun trialling once-a-month collections for landfill bins, [...]

Following Irn Bru’s decision to end to its bottle returns policy, Sun Branding Solution’s packaging development manager examines glass recycling in the UK linkscolor = “66CC33″; highlightscolor = “888888″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel = “none”; Tweet