Hanson UK, a leading building materials supplier, has gone beyond its 2020 target of reducing the amount of non-process waste from its operations sent to landfill by 85 per cent since 2010, according to its latest sustainability report.

BRITA UK’s report finds that while eight out of 10 hospitality businesses view reducing waste as a priority, especially single-use plastics, cost is seen as a significant potential barrier to achieving this.

The government has launched a review into serious and organised waste crime in England, asking for input from the public about how the growing problem might be tackled.

Waste management company Ellgia Recycling has been awarded the national contract to provide British Sugar with its waste management and recycling services.

An £8-million fund for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has been raised through the use of the WEEE compliance fee system in 2017.

Guardrails at Tenbury Wells Household Recycling Centre have been supplied by safety fittings company Kee Systems, providing peace of mind for both users and staff.

With plastics waste hogging the headlines, Allan Sandilands, Senior Consultant at Resource Futures, shines a light on construction waste – the ‘silent sector’ that has slipped under the radar at a time of heightened focus on waste and resources

The refuse derived fuel Industry Group has called for urgent action from the UK Government and the EU to ensure that the export of RDF from the UK to Europe will continue unhindered after Brexit.

Investment in energy-from-waste could boost UK GDP by £3 billion a year while diverting 60 million tonnes of waste from landfill, paving the way towards a circular economy, according to a new report by the Environmental Services Association.

Resource management firm Cory Riverside Energy, which owns the UK’s largest energy-from-waste plant on the banks of the River Thames, has been sold after a three-month auction process to a consortium of infrastructure investors.