Southam-based waste management company County Waste Limited has been placed in administration, with administrators seeking anyone who has had dealings with the company in the past year.

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

Firefighters have bee mobilised to a site in Castle Cary, Somerset after a fire broke out across a 10,000-square-metre section of landfill over the long, hot weekend.

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.

Zero Waste Scotland has called on businesses, local authorities and other organisations in Scotland to work together to take the lead on litter prevention in their communities.

A new app is enabling anyone in the sea to track levels of marine debris, building up a database for conservation bodies.

More than 1.5 million tonnes of illegal hazardous waste materials have been uncovered along with new transportation networks, by a global operation led by international crime agency INTERPOL.

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