When weight-based recycling targets were first introduced, Defra money made free green waste collection services look like an easy win. But can local authorities continue to justify the expense (and the added waste generation) in these straightened times?

Defra has published conclusions to its Green Food Project, amidst mixed reactions from the industry.

Local authorities are either paying reduced MRF gate fees, or are receiving payment for recovered materials, according to WRAP’s Gate Fees Report 2012, released today (9 July).

Recycling and waste management firm Biffa have been granted planning permission to build an energy recovery facility at Newhurst Quarry in Shepshed, Leicestershire, after the firm successfully appealed the council’s previous decision to block it.

The UK capacity for anaerobic digestion (AD) has doubled and the number of UK AD plants has increased by a third over the past 12 months, according to Defra.

The first UK roundtable bringing together retailers and charities meets to discuss how to cut food waste is taking place at Defra today (3 July).

The government is not realising the full potential of biogas, the independent thinktank, CentreForum, has said in a report due to be published tomorrow (4 July).

Hackney Council have announced that 64 per cent of all waste at the Radio 1 festival in June was recycled, surpassing earlier targets of 40 per cent.

Environmental products and services group, Straight plc, has won a three-year contract to provide recycling and refuse services to all properties in Dorset County.

Hadfield Wood Recyclers has entered into partnership with Tilbury Green Power to provide recovered wood to a new power facility located at Tilbury Docks in Essex.