The UK’s largest waste and recycling companies, along with industry and local government associations, have issued a joint statement to the public urging residents to follow government advice on how to manage their household rubbish to minimise the spread of coronavirus to waste workers.
Today’s (25 March) statement, coordinated by the Environmental Services Association (ESA), sought to reassure residents that waste management companies were “working hard to ensure that your bins are... More
UK waste management companies are working up contingency plans to ensure that they are able to continue to provide waste services and keep their operatives safe during the coronavirus outbreak.
Waste and infrastructure business Peel Environmental has called for the UK to invest over £7.5 billion in infrastructure to deal with plastic waste over the next 10 years.
The waste sector has largely welcomed the government’s Budget 2020, though stakeholders have called for further clarity on the forthcoming Plastics Packaging Tax.
A new report from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Cymru has assessed the composition of mixed residual commercial and industrial waste in Wales.
Viridor’s residual materials recycling facility (rMRF) at Bargeddie in North Lanarkshire has begun to receive waste as part of a 190,000-tonne contract with five Scottish councils.
The Javelin Park energy-from-waste (EfW) facility is now fully operational, accepting up to 190,000 tonnes of residual waste and producing over 116,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity each year.
Scottish waste management firm Binn Group has submitted revised plans to build a £70-million energy-from-waste (EfW) plant at Binn EcoPark near Glenfarg in Perth and Kinross.
The UK’s first waste-to-hydrogen plant using technology developed by Powerhouse Energy Group has secured funding for the next stage of its development at its site in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
The European Commission’s European Green Deal includes proposals to introduce an EU-wide model for the separate collection of waste and rules on minimum recycled content, promising a step change in the EU’s approach to resources and waste.
