Unite union’s four-day strike at corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa, scheduled to begin in Northampton on Friday, has been suspended to allow appeals to be heard.

The Liberal Democrats would set a 70 per cent recycling target for England, and introduce an incineration tax, if they were voted into power.

Wakefield Council has postponed its new co-mingling service until summer, following delays to the delivery of equipment needed for the new service.

Biffa’s Chief Executive Ian Wakelin has suggested that the company may start a ‘small international business’ in the next two years and branch into energy-from-waste plants in the UK.

Viridor’s landfill in Ardley, Oxfordshire, has stopped accepting non-hazardous waste for disposal, while its Wangford site in Suffolk has closed all together.

There have been fires at five waste sites in the past five days, including some at facilities run by SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT and Recycling Lives.

Unite union members working at Smurfit Kappa in Northampton are to strike again this week, after two members were allegedly fired for confronting the company about contract issues.

Chris Dow, CEO of Closed Loop Recycling, takes a look at the problems facing the plastics markets

A round-up of news from the waste and resource industry, including frozen billboards and hydrogen cars.

Simon Weston, Director of Raw Materials at the Confederation of Paper Industries, delves in to the recyclate quality debate.