Kier Environmental Services workers have voted for industrial action following disputes over pay increases, meaning bin collections in North Norfolk could be affected.

A ‘major’ fire at Palm Recycling’s King’s Lynn facility this weekend shut down operations and saw one person taken to hospital, though the blaze was confined to a small area and there were no serious injuries.

A new £142-million incinerator that will treat the waste of Edinburgh and Midlothian councils has been backed by the Green Investment Bank (GIB), with investment of £28 million.

Brothers who lit two waste fires that disrupted local businesses and trainlines for weeks at a time have pleaded guilty to breaches of environmental regulations that posed a hazard to human health.

Biffa has continued its growth within the UK waste market by agreeing terms on an acquisition that will see it take over the collection and processing business of Blakeley’s Recycling Ltd.

Waste management firm Urbaser is to be sold to a Chinese-controlled investment firm, its owners have confirmed.

The ‘Circularety’ platform, developed by ecosurety, gives packaging producers the chance to invest their obligated payments in specific recycling projects.

Philip Morton is to retire as CEO of compliance scheme REPIC at the end of the year, with former Viridor COO Mark Burrows-Smith taking his place.

Assets from PlasRecycle’s plastic film reprocessing plant will be auctioned off after administrators failed to secure a buyer despite ‘strong interest’.

Waste management group Biffa has today formally announced that it is to offer stock in the company on the London Stock Exchange next month, after a year of speculation about the company’s future.