Biffa has secured a 10-year extension on its waste management and street cleansing contract with Wirral Council, taking the contract to 2027.

Julian Gaylor, Sales and Marketing Director of bin manufacturer Taylor, is to leave the company in March to launch a waste management consultancy.

The Scottish Landfill Tax (Administration) Regulations 2015 have been laid in Scottish Parliament, detailing how the new tax will be administered.

SITA UK is to hold public consultations on its proposed MRF, RDF facility and waste depot in Aberdeen.

Central government responds to the EFRA Committee's inquiry on waste management, and says it currently has ‘no plans to reintroduce statutory recycling targets for local authorities’

Resource Association Chairman and Board member Jonathan Short steps down to ‘focus on existing business interests’.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including the European Recycling Platform, PCRRG, Biffa, and Luxus.

Waste management firm Kier MG Ltd has been fined £160,000 for safety failings after an employee was crushed at an HWRC in Essex.

Cory Wheelabrator has withdrawn plans to build an incinerator in Kings Lynn following the termination of its waste contract.

Businesses are being urged to apply to the £3.8-million Scottish Recycling Fund to further reprocessing, repair, and remanufacturing work.