Veolia has been named as the preferred bidder for an eight-year contract to deliver harmonised waste collection and street cleansing across four boroughs in South London.

Resource Association Chief Executive Ray Georgeson has called for clarity in recycling measurement to repair the current ‘worthless’ European league tables.

The European Commission is to propose a common methodology to measure food waste ahead of targeted EU action, says Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella.

Government proposals to restrict plant sizes and feedstocks will ‘kill off’ promising anaerobic digestion projects, according to ADBA.

A slowdown of mobile phone upgrade cycles has helped cut CO2 emissions in half, according to a Green Alliance report, which also reveals customers want to use their phones for longer.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including sustainable coffins, an award for the Winnow food waste meter, new bioplastic bags and an ocean waste-themed recycling forum.

A Nantwich recycling company has been fined £93,000 after a 24-year-old worker lost his arm when he was dragged into machinery.

A Darlington man has been jailed for three years after failing to pay back profits gained from illegal waste crime.

Two-thirds of ‘green professionals’ believe that the way that environmental issues’ role in infrastructure decision-making would be reduced following a ‘Brexit’, according to an IEMA poll.

The Environment Agency has obtained a first-of-its-kind Criminal Behaviour Order, banning a self-employed builder from Somerset from handling waste for five years.