AmeyCespa will be awarded a 25-year contract to manage waste on the Isle of Wight following a vote by the council’s Executive Committee this week.

Community action group GlosVAIN has announced plans for a resource recovery centre to rival the county council’s controversial energy-from-waste plant.

Food reduction specialist Winnow Solutions claims that up to £75 million could be saved on public food expenses and reinvested in public services following the latest government cuts.

The MetalMatters campaign has delivered a ‘positive and lasting’ effect on metal recovery from kerbside collections says a report by organisers Alupro.

Around 75 firefighters are tackling a fire involving 4,000 bales of mixed household waste and shredded carpets at MID UK Recycling’s waste site in Ancaster, Lincolnshire.

New WRAP report finds local authorities paid a median fee of £6 for every tonne of waste sent to material recovery facilities in 2014/15, but that some councils pay MRFs to take material, while others are paid for it.

Afzal Majid, Director of plastic bottle recycling company Euro Closed Loop Recycling, has warned that the company is ‘on the brink of closure’, just weeks after it was bought.

The rising cost of landfill disposal has been a main contributing factor to the 'sudden emergence' of the English RDF export market, according to the Environment Agency.

UK-based start-up organisations focused on ‘turning waste into a resource’ are being urged to apply to The Green Alley Award 2015, which aims to develop circular economy businesses.

A round-up of waste and resources news, including an award-winning bike renovation scheme and a consultation on a new weekly recycling service in Rochdale.