The Health and Safety Executive has released its sector plan for increasing safety in the waste and recycling industry, identifying reducing fatal injuries from moving vehicles and incidence of musculoskeletal disorders and lung disease among employees as priorities.

Birmingham refuse workers belonging to the trade union Unite have once again voted to extend strike action as their dispute with Birmingham city council rumbles on.

Cardiff faces fines of up to £21 million unless it takes action to recycle an additional 32,000 tonnes of waste a year in order to meet its 2020 recycling target of 64 per cent.

EU businesses want supportive policy from EU member states to facilitate their transition to more circular business models, according to a new report by The Prince of Wales’ Corporate Leaders Group.

Three days of expert discussion and presentations covered a lot of waste and resources ground at the RWM Conference in Birmingham this week. Here’s a snapshot of some of the things that we picked up wandering the show floor.

The Trades Union Congress has supported an emergency motion condemning Birmingham City Council’s decision to go back on an Acas-brokered deal with Unite following the resignation of council leader John Clancy over his handling of the bin dispute.

WRAP is calling for local and national organisations to join it in taking joined-up action to help residents cut food waste as it starts a new phase in the organisation’s consumer food waste prevention strategy.

Ecosurety and Hubbub have teamed up to produce a regular series of consumer awareness campaigns in order to boost recycling.

Recycling Association calls for whole supply chain responsibility and to boost recyclate quality in its new Quality First report.

The UK is heading for a residual waste treatment capacity gap by 2030 unless significant new investment in infrastructure and policy frameworks are put in place, according to SUEZ’s new report.