A married couple that run Daniels Recycling has been ordered to pay £130,000 for illegally exporting 187 tonnes of hazardous electronic waste to Africa.

A ‘significant proportion’ of the 340 staff employed by Global Renewables will face compulsory redundancy should cuts to Lancashire County Council’s waste operations be agreed.

Blaenau Gwent council has pledged to resolve resident concerns around its new kerbside sort recycling system, after a protest last week outside its offices.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has developed an updated definition for refuse-derived fuel (RDF) that clarifies what is expected of waste described as RDF.

Plastics Recycling Show (PRS) Europe, a two-day conference for members of the plastics and recycling industries, has been postponed and may be cancelled after Brussels was put on the highest level of terror alert this weekend.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new Novelis plant, recycling benefitting London Zoo and a new glass recycling contract in Scotland.

Three men have been ordered to pay more than £262,000 after being found guilty of illegally dumping more than 60,000 tonnes of waste on two farms in Cornwall.

London-based community scheme Teddington & Ham Hydro (T&HH) is offering a chance to invest in a new hydropower project before tax relief for community energy schemes is removed next week.

Circular business models for refurbished hospital equipment are to be explored in a six-month project run by Axion Consulting and Philips.

The paint industry is calling on government to boost support for remanufactured paint and for household waste recycling centres to accept leftover household paint as part of a drive to increase its redistribution.