Veolia has been forced to draft in an emergency director after its Leeds recycling and energy recovery facility missed recycling targets three times in a row.

Plans for a new £100-million incinerator capable of processing 110,000 tonnes of waste a year have been approved unanimously by Dundee City Council.

Veolia has agreed a long-term contract to provide recycled glass to Knauf Insulation, which will be processed at a new £10-million facility.

Gatwick Airport has formally opened a plant to burn Category 1 food and packaging waste from flights and produce power for the airport – a facility it says is a world first.

West Midlands recycling company Arrow Recycling Ltd has been fined £160,000 after a worker was left in a coma when he was crushed by a falling stack of baled cardboard.

Zero Waste Scotland has teamed up with Eunomia to identify circular economy opportunities within the Scottish construction sector.

Absorbent hygiene product recycler Knowaste’s appeal against a planning rejection for a new plant in West London has also been rejected, leaving the company assessing its options about whether to continue its search for a new development.

Kier’s £120-million waste services contract in East Sussex is to be terminated early after recycling market issues hit the firm last year.

A man sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment for illegally dumping waste in 18 different locations across Devon is believed to have fled to Ireland and is now subject to a European Arrest Warrant.

The government has asked members of the waste industry to give their views on the proposed extension of the landfill tax to include deposits made illegally on unpermitted sites.