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The impact of disposable drinks packaging on the environment is to be investigated by MPs after the growth of high profile campaigns against takeaway coffee cups and plastic bottles.

Thousands of homes were left without power yesterday after a fire containing tyres and scrap vehicles broke out at a scrapyard in Glasgow, the fourth major waste blaze in five days.

A large fire containing 2,000 tonnes of waste broke out at Siteserv in the Vale of Glamorgan last night, the third major waste fire of the week and the third at this particular site in four years.

Waste management firm Shanks Group has announced that it is rebranding as Renewi following the completion of its merger with Dutch firm Van Gansewinkel.

Centre-right think tank Policy Exchange has claimed the EU’s ‘ill-defined’ Circular Economy Package could cost UK businesses an extra £2 billion over the next 20 years, though others have questioned the report’s conclusions.

A ‘devastating’ fire at a waste site in Exeter has resulted in the collapse of two-thirds of the building’s roof.

Local authorities in England spent £49.8 million clearing up illegally dumped waste in 2015/16, as the number of recorded cases continued its recent rise, according to new Defra stats.

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Recolight has supported Defra’s proposed lower lamp collection target, suggesting the UK has reached ‘peak lamp WEEE’.