Guernsey has announced that it will begin charging residents for every bag of residual waste and recycling they put out from 2016.

The European Commission has withdrawn its current circular economy proposals, but says it will now begin work on a ‘more ambitious’ proposal.

Central government is consulting on proposals for new regulations on the seizure of vehicles in relation to offences concerning waste.

HM Revenue & Customs has released further details of the loss on ignition tests that will apply to mechanical treatment plant fines from 1 April 2015.

A man who was caught trying to illegally export electrical waste to Africa has only to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and pay nominal costs for his crime.

Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland issues a warning to the waste and recycling industry following ‘concerns about continuing poor health and safety practices’.

Wakefield Council is to move to co-mingled recycling collections in 2015, after internal TEEP test finds separate collections to be neither economically nor environmentally practicable.

The owner of demolition company BJ Patchett & Sons Ltd has been fined just £1,000 for running an illegal waste site.

A Viridor-owned company has been fined £165,000 for safety failings after a worker was blinded at its Bargeddie MRF.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has held a conference looking at the extent of waste crime in Scotland, and how to tackle it.