Waste Management

As Wales sets its sights on a 70 per cent recycling target, WRAP Cymru has conducted a detailed waste analysis project using data from all 22 Welsh councils to help authorities focus on the material that needs to be diverted from the waste stream.

The restriction on the amount of liquid allowed onto aeroplanes still results in a large amount of liquid waste being dumped at airport security, despite such restrictions having been in place for 10 years.

Steve Lee, who will step down as Chief Executive at CIWM at the end of October, will continue to head Resources & Waste UK R&WUK, the joint policy and influencing body created in 2014.

Councillors in Westminster have said that a £160k fine for two Starbucks stores who left bin bags on the street in Central London proves that every business has a responsibility to keep streets clean.

A guide designed to help local authorities, waste management companies and charities understand the opportunities presented by reuse services at household waste recycling centres has been published by WRAP.

Investigations are under way after a worker was found dead at a Milton Keynes recycling facility on Monday afternoon.  

A fire that broke out at a West Midlands recycling plant after recycled foam insulation overheated after processing is one of four to have taken place at waste sites in the past two days.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including  an appointment at ecosurety, beastly bin lorries and yoga leggings made from plastic bottles.

A report due later this year will ‘explore how the UK can move from creating waste to valuing resources’.