The report calls for a common EU standard for colour-coding waste for sorting and recycling, as a way of increasing recycling rates.

BBC: Debate on treatment of waste

Paul Breckell, chief executive of Action on Hearing Loss, said the new EU standard is important because increasing numbers of young people listen to music through a personal music player.

BBC: Fears that music volume limits 'could be ignored'

They were part of a group of 15 locations that failed to meet the EU and UK standard of 40 micrograms per cubic metre of nitrogen dioxide.

BBC: Traffic