Teignbridge District Council in Devon has awarded a contract to recycling machinery specialists Middleton Engineering [http://www.middletonengineering.co.uk/] in response to increased recycling volumes at its Newton Abbot waste transfer and bulking station.

Croydon Borough Council and Veolia have been jointly fined £350,000 after a worker suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ after being crushed by a refuse collection vehicle.

Beverley Upton, 45, was killed almost instantly when she was crushed between two vehicles during a routine loading operation at Leicestershire skip hire company MAC Skip Hire, a hearing has found.

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is accepting evidence for an inquiry into the government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, to scrutinise its proposals and how they will be enacted.

A landowner who pleaded guilty to turning his 19-acre Cheshire farm into an illegal landfill has received a 12-month jail term suspended for two years.

Carpet Recycling UK could be on track to meet its ambitious 60 per cent diversion rate by 2020 as the total volume of carpet waste diverted from landfill reached 42 per cent in 2017.

Defra’s Chief Scientific Advisor recommended moving away from further investment in incineration capacity, warning increased capacity could actually sustain the flow of residual waste and lead to lower recycling rates.

A new plastic recycling facility has been given the go-ahead in Warwickshire after Beauparc Utilities chose the UK site instead of Dublin, reportedly due to permit delays in Ireland and the urgent need for capacity.

Resource Minister Therese Coffey announced yesterday that Defra will open a £500,000 Food Waste Reduction Fund to organisations working to increase the redistribution of surplus food in England.

Newcastle could make the leap to a 65 per cent recycling rate by 2030 and reduce waste by up to 10 per cent by 2025, according to a new report from the Newcastle Waste Commission.