Northacre Renewable Energy Limited (NREL) has submitted a renewed planning application to Wiltshire Council to build a £200-million energy-from-waste (EfW) facility in Westbury.

Scottish waste management firms impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic have seen the deadline for applications for grant support extended until the end of August.

Communal food waste bins are set to be removed from flats in north west Glasgow from 10 August onwards, following a review into the service.

The European Suppliers of Waste-To-Energy Technology (ESWET) has released a policy briefing highlighting the need for any revision to the EU Waste Shipment Regulation to continue to allow the shipment of waste for energy recovery.

The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has issued a firm rebuttal to a report by Greenpeace that found Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facilities are three times more likely to be found in deprived areas, calling for an end to the “demonising” of EfW.

The UK Government will commit to a 65 per cent municipal recycling rate by 2035 after it announced it would be transposing the vast majority of the EU’s Circular Economy Package (CEP) into UK law.

Re-Gen Waste says the government’s plans to scrap the lower rate of fuel duty on red diesel will increase its fuel costs by 237 per cent, more than tripling council waste bills.

A YouGov study has found that the public is more conscious of its plastic footprint and is turning away from single-use water bottles amidst concerns over the rise in single-use plastics during the pandemic.

A new study by think-tanks Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ estimates that plastic pollution in the ocean could triple by 2040.

The EU is set to introduce a plastics tax from 1 January 2021, raising concerns among European plastics converters.