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Food waste caddie
Surrey food waste campaign asks residents to ‘own their impact’

The Surrey Environment Partnership (SEP) has launched a campaign to link resident behaviour around recycling and waste to its impact on the planet.

Allington Household Waste Recycling Centre
Allington Household Waste Recycling Centre opens to public

The centre is designed to ‘ensure maximum efficiency’ to help residents recycle more

East Dunbartonshire Council
Scottish council commits to reduce carbon 'food-print'

The local authority has renewed a two-year recycling contract, which has already enabled carbon reductions of ‘1850 tonnes’

Biffa strike
Biffa waste workers currently on strike in Wealden
By
Amelia Kelly
| 6 May 2022 |
Low pay offers fall ‘well short’ of GMB members' expectations
Incinerator
XR Zero Waste criticises finance proposal for Edmonton EfW facility
By
Resource
| 21 April 2022 |
Recent analysis makes case that the facility is ‘not a low-carbon project’
Arc21 EfW plans refused by Infrastructure Minister
By
Amelia Kelly
| 30 March 2022 |
The facility’s planning application received more than 5000 objections
plastic
JJ Chalmers launches ‘Repeat the Cycle’ campaign
By
Amelia Kelly
| 24 March 2022 |
The BBC presenter will join Recycle Now and Clear on Plastics to encourage people to recycle plastic bags and wrapping
LARAC
LARAC announces new line up
By
Amelia Kelly
| 23 March 2022 |
New team confirmed to manage the Local Authority Recycling Association (LARAC) from May
Collection van
Veolia announces launch of electric collection fleet for Kingston
By
Amelia Kelly
| 21 March 2022 |
The vehicles will make the area’s collection services fully electric for the first time 
Waste collection
NIC report points to gap between Government strategy and action
By
Emma Love
| 21 March 2022 |
The body is calling for ‘more action’ to deliver a ‘low-cost, low-carbon waste sector’
Packaging waste
NLWA: EPR delay will see council taxpayers 'foot the bill'
By
Emma Love
| 18 March 2022 |
The waste authority has called for the 2023 start date to be reinstated
East Dunbartonshire Council
Soft plastics amongst new kerbside collection additions in East Dunbartonshire
By
Emma Love
| 9 March 2022 |
Residents can also recycle tinfoil and plastic trays, tubs and pots from the end of the month
Supermarket
LARAC ‘concerned’ over Defra EPR delay
By
Emma Love
| 3 March 2022 |
The body stated that the delay could see members operating ‘within a vacuum of uncertainty’
Soft plastics
Fife Council first in Scotland to introduce kerbside soft plastics recycling
By
Emma Love
| 1 March 2022 |
Collections will supply the country’s first plant to recycle flexible plastics and film
Mixed plastic waste
New in Brief – 18/02/22
By
Emma Love
| 18 February 2022 |
A roundup of news from the waste and resources industry, featuring MYGroup and Veolia
GHG emissions associated with waste industry do not count EfW
Defra's GHG emissions indicator for waste industry ‘inadequate for purpose’
By
Resource
| 11 February 2022 |
New report by Dr Dominic Hogg recommends an ‘overhaul’ of the Government’s methodology
Sunderland Councillors gather at new HWRC
New £5m HWRC opens in Sunderland
By
Alice Lang
| 2 February 2022 |
The new centre will operate at five times the capacity of the previous site 
Exeter recycling scheme winners receive national recycling award
Exeter recycling scheme receives national recycling award
By
Alice Lang
| 1 February 2022 |
‘Cans 4 City’ encourages football fans to recycle used drink cans
Coffee pods held in hands
Kerbside coffee pod recycling launched in Ipswich
By
Alice Lang
| 25 January 2022 |
Residents will be able to recycle both plastic and aluminum coffee pods with free collection bags offered by Podback 
Polystyrene
Polystyrene recycling rolled out at nine locations in Aberdeenshire
By
Emma Love
| 24 January 2022 |
The announcement follows the success of the local authority’s pilot service at three HRCs
Waste collection service emptying a bin
Omicron wave causing significant disruption to waste collection
By
Emma Love
| 4 January 2022 |
Existing staff shortages are being exacerbated by the variant’s impact, says the Local Government Association
Bin collectors
Coventry Christmas bin strike rescheduled for January
By
Kai Malloy
| 23 December 2021 |
Pop-up sites intended to deal with surplus waste will be affected alongside collections
Polytag DRS
73 per cent fully engaged in Welsh digital DRS pilot
By
Kai Malloy
| 16 December 2021 |
The full results of the trial demonstrate high rates of participation in Conwy