London-based waste management company Bywaters [http://www.bywaters.co.uk/] has created a new mobile app that allows property and facilities managers to carry out immediate waste audits.

Waste management company Bywaters has taken delivery of two 3.5-tonne cage-tipper vehicles to provide a rapid response in difficult traffic conditions in the capital.

Acumen Waste Services Ltd announced the completion of its acquisition of waste management company Highspeed Group Ltd last week.

Yorwaste has entered into a partnership with North Yorkshire County Council to manage the council’s 20 household waste recycling centres (HWRCs).

Veolia has been forced to draft in an emergency director after its Leeds recycling and energy recovery facility missed recycling targets three times in a row.

Plans for a new £100-million incinerator capable of processing 110,000 tonnes of waste a year have been approved unanimously by Dundee City Council.

Veolia has agreed a long-term contract to provide recycled glass to Knauf Insulation, which will be processed at a new £10-million facility.

West Midlands recycling company Arrow Recycling Ltd has been fined £160,000 after a worker was left in a coma when he was crushed by a falling stack of baled cardboard.

Absorbent hygiene product recycler Knowaste’s appeal against a planning rejection for a new plant in West London has also been rejected, leaving the company assessing its options about whether to continue its search for a new development.

Kier’s £120-million waste services contract in East Sussex is to be terminated early after recycling market issues hit the firm last year.