Luton Borough Council is considering implementing a compulsory recycling system that would see officers visit and potentially fine residents who fail to recycle their household waste.

Waste management company Veolia has completed the purchase of Boomeco Limited, a waste wood processor and producer of refuse-derived fuel based in the South West of England.

More consideration is needed before a decision can be made on a deposit-return scheme (DRS) in Scotland, Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead has said.

Andrew Bird, Chair of the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC), considers whether harmonisation in recycling collections is really the way forward.

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council is to reintroduce rear-lane recycling collections to 19 areas from January, after protests about the implementation of a new waste collection system.

A family has avoided injury but was left homeless after a fire at a County Down recycling centre spread to their house last night.

Waste management company Veolia has been fined £450,000 after a worker was seriously injured by a falling stack of baled waste at one of its materials recovery facilities.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Every Can Counts, BMRA’s new Chief Executive and Christmas leftovers.

Biffa Municipal has secured a six-year extension to its municipal services contract with Forest of Dean District Council worth £18 million.

Hospitality organisations that have signed up to the Hospitality and Food Service Agreement reduced CO2e emissions by 3.6 per cent between 2012 and 2014, according to the initiative’s second annual progress report.