Waste Management

A new food waste campaign has been launched to ‘put pressure’ on London councils to reduce the amount of waste sent for landfill disposal by increasing and improving food waste recycling services across the city..

Five men have died after an industrial accident at a recycling site in Birmingham.

Eunomia Chairman Dominic Hogg reflects on how the British public’s decision to leave the EU will affect the waste and recycling industry, and what we must do to ensure we forge a forward-looking future.

Kier Group is setting aside £35 million to cover future expenses to its council collection services caused by the falling price of recyclable materials.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new Tamar AD facility, cyclist safety with Grundon and foot-pedal operated street bins.

A bill has been introduced to the US Congress to stop the export of electronic waste to China in order to clamp down on operations that ‘undermine national security’ by selling counterfeit goods back to American supply chains.

Pollution caused by anaerobic digestion plants in Bedfordshire and Devon have seen the Environment Agency secure fines for negligent mismanagement.

Waste picking in the shadow of the Taj Mahal and discarded life jackets from refugees are among the winning photos of this year’s Environmental Photographer of the Year competition.

Viridor is set to continue collecting dry kerbside recycling from Kent for another two years after the Kent Resource Partnership revealed that it had passed recycling targets a year early.