If the 2.6 million tonnes of refuse-derived fuel exported from the UK in 2014 were processed domestically, it would contribute just 0.8 per cent to renewable electricity generation, says a new RDF Export Industry Group report.

Gwyn Davies-McTiffin, a waste recycling firm in Batley, has been sentenced for safety failings following the death of a worker.

Veolia has sold off the last of its stakes in the Israeli market after a seven-year pro-Palestinian campaign that saw it lose an estimated £13 billion in tenders.

The Environment Agency has received funding worth around £470,000 from the European Union to go towards tackling environmental crime.

Rochdale Borough Council has finalised plans to change to three-weekly collections of recycling and residual waste after only 295 residents responded to a consultation.

Just 35 per cent of WEEE disposed of in Europe in 2012 was collected and recycled by regulated processors, a two-year study funded by the European Union has found.

Natural Resources Wales is closely monitoring a fire at a recycling plant in the Vale of Glamorgan, which is still burning after starting on Sunday.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has launched a consultation proposing reduced tariffs and spending caps to control costs under the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme.

UK manufacturers are calling for bolder government action on cutting environmental red tape, according to a new report from EEF.

Supermarket chain Asda is to donate £360,000 made from the Welsh plastic bag charge to community groups in Wales, it has announced.