The government has launched a competition offering the opportunity to win funding for research into sustainable waste-based fuels for planes and lorries.

Just under £500,000 in government funding will be awarded to community projects tackling litter in the UK in new and interesting ways, Environment Minister Therese Coffey has announced today.

Wales’ recycling rate for the 12 months leading up to March 2017 has reached 64 per cent, up four per cent on the figure reported in March 2016 and achieving its target for 2020 three years early.

Environmental coalition Greener UK says clarity is needed on how environmental law will be enforced after Brexit, as the government prepares to publish its position paper on the European Court of Justice.

The Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) is to exit its record contract with the Viridor Laing consortium next month by acquiring the  company for £1.

Doncaster’s refuse workers have called off their plans to strike over pay disputes with waste management company SUEZ following a successful outcome to negotiations on Monday.

Councils losing focus of their responsibility after outsourcing bin collection services could be behind a rise in successful complaints, according to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

Brighton Council executives are to meet GMB reps for showdown talks over understaffing, as SUEZ employees in Doncaster look set to strike.

Bolton Council has reportedly saved £3.4 million in waste disposal costs since the introduction of its ‘slim bins’, while also increasing the authority’s recycling rate to over 50 per cent.

The government has confirmed that the sale of the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) to Australian investment firm Macquarie Group has been fully completed in a £2.3 billion deal, with the GIB to be renamed the Green Investment Group.