Plans to build an 11-megawatt biomass plant in Avonmouth have been rejected by Bristol City Council, following public concerns over air quality.

Viridor has secured a two-year contract with North Lanarkshire Council to continue separating its co-mingled dry recyclables.

A lack of awareness of the principle and poor clarity of terminology of the circular economy are stalling its progression, finds new CIWM report.

New figures published by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency show that landfilling reached an ‘all-time low’ in 2012.

A fire involving a ‘large quantity of recycling materials’ has broken out at CEW Recycling Group’s facility in St Helens.

Zero Waste Scotland has launched a £90,000 capital grant fund to enable materials recovery facility operators to purchase testing equipment.

Wales's Minister for Natural Resources, Carl Sargeant, takes a look at Wales’s recycling systems and looks to the future.

The Green Investment Bank has invested £33 million in the Allerton Waste Recovery Park, despite government pulling PFI funding from it last year.

Members of the waste and resources industry have voiced disappointment and frustration with the government’s lack of action on the circular economy.

Eric Pickles has called in the planning application for Teal Energy’s energy recovery facility in Kent over its potential impact on ‘wider policy initiatives in the area’.