A fire broke out at DS Smith’s Willenhall paper recycling plant on Wednesday morning with 30 firefighters and five fire crews sent in to tackle the blaze.

Packaging firm DS Smith, has announced its intention to invest £4 million in its recycling facilities in the South West of England and East London, a week after it appointed a new Head of Recycling.

CEO and Founder of Globechain, May Al-Karooni, tells us more about the reuse platform with big ambitions.

Shares in construction firm Interserve have fallen by a third after the board announced that the costs of quitting the energy-from-waste business are more than double those originally expected.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including an appointment at Feedback, modernised recycling in Hackney, recycling for Sheffield Wednesday and a big night of catching Brighton fly-tippers.

Former WRAP CEO Liz Goodwin has been chosen to lead delivery of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s recycling and circular goals as Chair of the London Waste and Recycling Board.

A controversial £135-million West Yorkshire incinerator is set to receive the green light after being approved by Bradford’s council.

Younger generations are increasingly adopting a more ‘live to eat’ attitude towards food, with the cavalier approach making it harder to control levels of food waste, a Sainsbury’s report has found.

Lidl has signed up to be the second supermarket to use community social network Neighbourly to redistribute surplus food to charities and local causes.

Recycling company Recresco has been fined after an employee at its South Wales plant was crushed by a roller shutter door.