Liquid food waste specialist Tank Industrial Maintenance Limited has been ordered to pay £38,000 after being found guilty of illegal land spreading.

European Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella reveals that the revised European Circular Economy Package will include more ‘country-specific’ waste targets.

DCLG is to push ahead with legislation that bans councils in England from charging residents for using household waste recycling centres, despite local government opposition.

Fines to individuals and organisations who illegally dump waste will treble if the Liberal Democrats are voted into power, the party says.

The Welsh Government and Defra have launched a consultation on proposals to ‘enhance’ waste crime enforcement powers in England and Wales.

The Welsh Government has launched its third and final consultation on its devolved landfill disposals tax, which is set to come into force in April 2018.

The European Commission’s Environment Committee has approved a draft law that sets a six per cent cap on the use of traditional, crop-based biofuels.

HMRC is calling on stakeholders to comment on new guidance and amendments to the Landfill Tax Regulations, relating to waste fines.

Stroud District Council is submitting a legal challenge to Eric Pickles regarding his decision to approve plans for the Javelin Park incinerator, as councillors at Gloucestershire County Council call for the contract to be cancelled.

A new draft law could allow businesses that breach their environmental permits to volunteer enforcement undertakings in place of receiving criminal sanctions.