Two waste firms in Kent have been fined £44,294 for illegally dumping refuse on the flood plain near the River Medway.

The new international environmental management standard ISO 14001:2015 has been launched to address the change in environmental practices and ensure that the management system is future proof.

Environmental consultancy Resource Futures has been awarded a two-year contract to administer the edoc online waste transfer reporting system across the UK.

The European Recycling Platform has called on the EU to cooperate and enforce waste legislation more effectively in its response to the Circular Economy Package.

Collaborating with corporate retailers, the Furniture Re-use Network redistributed 78,000 items to UK households in poverty during 2014/15, according to a new report.

The Co-operative Food has partnered with food redistribution group FareShare to provide surplus food to charities rather than sending it to anaerobic digestion plants.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including reprocessed coffee beans, appointments and a bioeconomy workshop.

Middlesbrough Council has become the latest local authority to bring waste services in house, after it moved to end its recycling collection contract with waste management company Biffa.

UK businesses want to see the government take bold actions to address food security, says a new report from WWF-UK.

The Food Waste (Reduction) Bill introduced to Parliament by MP Kerry McCarthy has been given a second reading, to be held in January.