Partnership approach to litter prevention launched in Scotland
The Scottish Government funded body Zero Waste Scotland has launched a nationwide initiative calling on businesses, local authorities and other organisations to help cut...
Gate fees snapshot shows changing market picture
WRAP’s annual Gate Fees Report has found a number of changes since last year. The updated comparison of alternative waste management costs for...
An environmental technology showcase
The environmental technology and services industry brings together decision makers from a range of interconnected sectors, and RWM 2017 - the UK's premier event...
Suez wins large waste contracts in Australia
Recycling and recovery firm Suez has been awarded a couple of large waste contracts in Austrialia - both the waste collection contract for Brisbane...
Former Kirkcaldy scrap yard operator sentenced to a Community Payback Order of 160 hours...
William Noble was sentenced to a Community Payback Order of 160 hours of unpaid work to be completed within 9 months at Kirkcaldy Sheriff...
Getting smart to prevent litter: New knowledge network launched in Scotland
Anyone with a stake in tackling litter in Scotland can get access to the latest advice and research from home and abroad, from Tuesday...
Plastic bag firm wins seal of approval for its UK manufacturing business
RPC bpi refuse is celebrating three major business wins across the healthcare, facilities management and cleaning sectors. The UK-based refuse sack manufacturer is estimating...
ESA calls for planning system to be aligned with the circular economy
The Environmental Services Association, the voice of the UK’s resource and
waste management industry, has set out a number of recommendations to more closely align...
Same-day waste audits available with new app
Bywaters, said to be London’s largest undercover waste management company, has recently invested in a new mobile app that allows property and facilities managers...
Veolia wins South London waste partnership contract
Resource management firm Veolia, through its subsidiary Veolia ES UK, has signed a major new recycling and waste services contract spanning four South London...
15-month jail sentence for Stockport company owner who mismanaged waste sites
A waste criminal whose actions caused a closure of the M60 and significant pollution to a river in Stockport was on 31 March...
Brexit offers a chance to rethink waste policy, says thinktank
In a new report, Going Round in Circles, UK think tank Policy Exchange says that Brexit presents a huge opportunity for the UK Government...
New ‘Green’ waste site applications down 20% in a year as local authority spending...
The number of planning applications to build new environmentally-friendly waste management sites has dropped by 20% in a year, to 189 in 2015/16 from...
Solar park in Swindon to power household waste recycling centre
Building work has started at Barnfield Solar Park, Swindon, which will be connected directly by private wire to the Swindon household waste recycling centre...
Averies brothers convicted after notorious major fires and abandoned waste site
Company Director Lee Averies received three 12-month prison sentences to run concurrently by Swindon Crown Court on Thursday 27 October, for inadequate management of...
Airflow-based technology to provide Australia’s first automated waste collection system for a municipal area
Australia is to see its first underground waste collection system installed in Queensland. The work is part of a major redevelopment programme that will...
First National Recycling Guidelines published by WRAP, promising an end to householder confusion
A definitive list of what can and cannot be accepted for recycling at the roadside was published by WRAP on 12 October.
The Recycling...
GIB invests £28m in Edinburgh EfW plant
UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) has today committed £28m of debt finance to a new £142m energy-from-waste (EfW) plant at Millerhill in Midlothian,...
Serious pollution and emissions cut at regulated sites, says EA
Serious pollution incidents across England have fallen by 56% since 2000 thanks to the work of Environment Agency and its partners, reports out on...
Experts address plastic waste at London Design Festival
The Plasticity Forum was held on 21 September as part of the London Design Festival to help bring the design community into the big...
