Hadfield Wood Recyclers has been awarded a contract to supply biomass fuel to a new Green Investment Bank-backed £25-million plant in North Wales that could generate enough energy to power 2,400 homes.

A new food waste campaign has been launched to ‘put pressure’ on London councils to reduce the amount of waste sent for landfill disposal by increasing and improving food waste recycling services across the city..

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including plastic recycling at a national football tournament, Resource Efficient Scotland’s profit monsters and used cars raising money for charity.

An operation has begun to determine why a concrete partition wall holding back tonnes of scrap metal collapsed at a recycling facility in Birmingham yesterday, killing five workers.

Increased demand for contract workers in the environmental sector has led Eunomia Research and Consulting to launch a new interim management service.

Five men have died after an industrial accident at a recycling site in Birmingham.

A new food waste action plan aims to smash through the barriers holding back food waste recycling and help the UK meet its targets.

Eunomia Chairman Dominic Hogg reflects on how the British public’s decision to leave the EU will affect the waste and recycling industry, and what we must do to ensure we forge a forward-looking future.

A new website aiming to showcase the best anti-litter campaigns from around the world has been launched today to provide councils and businesses with ‘a source of inspiration to fight litter’.

Kier Group is setting aside £35 million to cover future expenses to its council collection services caused by the falling price of recyclable materials.