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Bins on street
Unite doubles down on Bexley bin strikes

Unite has doubled down on warnings of a ‘long hot stinking summer in Bexley’ as Serco bin strikes continue, meaning rubbish will remain uncollected into August.Around 140 workers began striking over ‘pay and other issues’ on 12 July, with this round of strike action coming to an end on 25 July.

Plastic bottles floating in the ocean
New research reveals ‘disconnect’ between litter and marine plastic

A recent survey conducted by YouGov for Keep Britain Tidy has found that few people understand the link between inland waste and marine plastic

Lambeth Council
Recycling intervention rolled out across Lambeth flats

The South London borough will see four estates targeted with new waste collection services in an attempt to boost recycling from flats

Wheelie bins on street
Unite warns Bexley Council ahead of bin strike
By
Kai Malloy
| 13 July 2021 |
The union shows concern for the ‘shoestring’ refuse and street cleaning contract upheld by Serco
FCC environment construction
Construction begins on new HWRC in Kent
By
Kai Malloy
| 8 July 2021 |
The Household Waste and Recycling Centre in Allington will be controlled by FCC Environment
Bin men
NLWA chimes into Defra collection consultation debate
By
Kai Malloy
| 8 July 2021 |
The North London Waste Authorities urges the government to listen to local authorities
FCC Environment, Wiltshire Council and KFR
Wiltshire Council celebrates one year of furniture upcycling project
By
Kai Malloy
| 22 June 2021 |
The creative reuse initiative is a collaboration between the council, FCC Environment and local charity, Kennet Furniture Refurbiz
Kemsley paper mill
Reigate and Banstead extends DS Smith recycling partnership
By
Lidia Creech
| 17 June 2021 |
The Borough Council has extended its 20-year recycling partnership with DS Smith 
Smugglers Way
WRWA launches booking system and ANPR technology in recycling centre
By
Lidia Creech
| 14 June 2021 |
Western Riverside Waste Authority (WRWA) has implemented a new booking system to help manage site capacity and improve the resident experience  
Government should go ‘further and faster’ with packaging schemes, says NLWA
By
Lidia Creech
| 11 June 2021 |
The waste authority has published its response to the government consultations on EPR and DRS, calling for it to speed up and improve plans 
Derby City Council
Wastewise secures contract with Derby City Council
By
Lidia Creech
| 9 June 2021 |
The three-year contract will see around 18,000 tonnes of waste per year treated at Wastewise’s facility in Crewe
DRS should be ‘deferred’, says LARAC
By
Lidia Creech
| 7 June 2021 |
The local authority committee has stated a delay in the proposed DRS would be preferable to going forward with the current model
Kew Gardens
Kew Royal Botanic Gardens releases first Sustainability Strategy
By
Lidia Creech
| 25 May 2021 |
The organisation has published its vision for making itself ‘climate positive’ by 2030
A plastic recycling conveyor belt
NLWA announces 100 per cent of North London’s household recycled plastic processed in the UK
By
Lidia Creech
| 19 May 2021 |
The authority and its recycling contractor, Biffa, has confirmed that none of its recycled plastic gets shipped abroad, on the back of Greenpeace’s report ‘Trashed’  
MRWA
£25,000 fund launched to tackle textile waste in Merseyside
By
Becky Goodall
| 13 May 2021 |
Ten Tonne Challenge will provide resources and training for schoolchildren in Liverpool City Region
recycling truck
Suez interactive map highlights ‘lacklustre’ local recycling rates
By
Patrick Jowett
| 26 April 2021 |
SUEZ’s digital map profiles the latest local authority recycling data, showing recycling rates for the 2019/20 financial year
Dry mixed recycling at kerbside
Keep Britain Tidy targets contaminated recycling in Milton Keynes
By
Lidia Creech
| 21 April 2021 |
Milton Keynes Council has marked recycling as contaminated in an effort to educate residents as part of a Keep Britain Tidy campaign
Coffee pods
Nestle and Jacobs Douwe Egberts launch coffee pod recycling scheme
By Resource |
15 April 2021 |
A number of local authorities will begin or have begun trialling the kerbside collection scheme 
Coventry MRF
Construction to begin on new Coventry MRF
By
Lidia Creech
| 7 April 2021 |
The new recycling facility will be owned by eight local authorities through Sherbourne Recycling Limited 
Casepak's new sorter
Casepak wins recycling contract with Tewkesbury Borough Council
By
Lidia Creech
| 31 March 2021 |
The contract will see Casepak process 10,000 tonnes of dry mixed recyclables for three years
a drone
Bournemouth Council enlists drone technology to tackle littering
By
Patrick Jowett
| 29 March 2021 |
Drone technology will map the areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole that require extra bins and collections to tackle littering this summer 
Social value centred in new guide to help local authorities tackle climate change
By
Ilia Hionidou
| 26 March 2021 |
Research carried out for the environmental sector shows how to increase social value in a guide that responds to recent changes to the Social Value Act
Industry responds to Defra consultations on EPR and DRS
By
Lidia Creech
| 25 March 2021 |
The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee has expressed concerns about the timings of Defra consultations on consistent recycling collections