Proprietary push floor technology selected for UK waste-to-energy gasification plant

Bouygues Energies & Services, the company responsible for the engineering and construction of the UK’s largest waste-to-energy gasification plant currently underway at Hoddesdon in...

Can your town become a zero waste town? Zero Waste Scotland seeks candidates for...

Environmentally-focused communities across Scotland are being urged to apply for the title of Scotland’s third Zero Waste Town, by demonstrating how their efforts could...

Smart waste collection gets Gartner thumbs up

FINNISH smart waste management firm Enevo announced in early July that it has been named a “Cool Vendor” based on the May 13, 2016...

Spotting opportunities in a turbulent period

"With policy changes amass and technological advances in abundance, there is now even more reason to visit RWM in 2016," say the organisers, i2i...

Glasgow waste operator fined for multiple breaches of environmental licence

Glasgow waste operator Cornelius Boyle was fined £550 on 30 June for consistently breaching the conditions of a Waste Management Licence which was held...

WEEE compliance management app picks up US award

Prize winners in the fourth annual awards run by US publication Environmental Leader were announced on 22 June in Denver, Colorado and included 3M’s...

New report highlights innovation opportunities from industrial waste

A new Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) report aims to stimulate innovation in the waste sector by highlighting future technology trends and identifying opportunities for...

New free tool to help waste management industry assess workforce competences

The Competence Assessment Tool has been developed by the SWITCH Forum (Scottish Waste Industry Training Competency and Health & Safety) to help managers, supervisors...

Video explains new waste treatment facility on Malta

A video is available providing an overview of the plant concept underlying the €50 million mechanical and biological treatment plant and bulky waste facility...

New fines introduced as fly-tipping reaches one million cases a year

Incidents of fly-tipping have increased noticeably in England, according to the latest government figures, which cover the 2013/14 period. A House of Commons briefing...

SEPA clamps down on waste crime with upcoming days of action

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is leading three days of action between the 17 and 19 May, aimed at tackling cross border criminal...

London environmental reporting app celebrates one million interactions

The UK's "most used" environmental reporting service Love Clean Streets has clocked up one million interactions using its app, which allows members of...

Company ordered to pay more than £1.2m for waste offences

A London waste company has been ordered to pay more than £1.2m after pleading guilty to historical waste offences at Harrow Crown Court. Powerday Plc,...

Viridor marks £2 million investment in glass recycling

VIRIDOR'S glass recycling facility in Sheffield - said to be one of the most advanced in Europe - has marked a major investment milestone...

Huge losses as Teeside gasification project scrapped

PLANS to build a couple of ground-breaking plasma gasification energy-from-waste plants in Teeside have been scrapped, seemingly because of challenges with the technology. The...

Are we bottling out of binning when it comes to drinking on the go?

Latest beach litter figures strengthen case for bottle deposit return schemes around UK Over 8,000 plastic bottles were found on UK beaches during...

Bee’ah selects BHS for Sharjah recycling system

UAE-based environmental management company Bee’ah has selected US firm Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to design, engineer, manufacture and install a major retrofit to its...

Blackpool picks up Keep Britain Tidy award

Blackpool Council’s Waste Services Team has been named Environmental Team of the Year 2016 at the annual Keep Britain Tidy awards in recognition of...

Waste recycling firm given highest confiscation order for environmental offences in Scotland

Alloa based recycling firm Oran Environmental Solutions (OES) has been handed a confiscation order of £345,558.43 (on 15 February) for licence breaches which resulted...

WRAP-led group continues with efforts to standardise recycling systems in England

On 12 February WRAP announced the start of the second phase of its cross industry project to examine ways to bring greater consistency to...