A fire broke out at DS Smith’s Willenhall paper recycling plant on Wednesday morning with 30 firefighters and five fire crews sent in to tackle the blaze.

MP Mary Creagh, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, has been named as the winner of this year’s Resource Hot 100.

Packaging firm DS Smith, has announced its intention to invest £4 million in its recycling facilities in the South West of England and East London, a week after it appointed a new Head of Recycling.

The Waste Industry Safety and Health Forum has launched a new website to provide health and safety guidance to local authorities and businesses in the waste management industry.

CEO and Founder of Globechain, May Al-Karooni, tells us more about the reuse platform with big ambitions.

The growing campaign to introduce a deposit-return scheme for bottles in the UK has gained more momentum after beverage giant Coca-Cola announced its support for a Scottish trial after years of opposition.

Planning applications for ‘environmentally-friendly’ waste management sites have dropped by 20 per cent in the past year as local authorities feel the squeeze from continuing budget cuts, according to commercial law firm EMW.

Falkirk Council’s ‎Ross Fenwick and Robin Baird say that now is the time to challenge recycling behaviour and take a step towards the sustainable world we keep talking about.

Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson says residents that alert the council of fly-tippers and those not recycling properly should be rewarded, even suggesting that whistleblowers should receive refunds on their council tax.

Shares in construction firm Interserve have fallen by a third after the board announced that the costs of quitting the energy-from-waste business are more than double those originally expected.