Powys and Surrey county councils have both announced public consultations on changes to waste management services that aim to reduce costs.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources industry, including Make Noise, Every Can Counts, Grundon, and William Tracey Group.

Hadfield Wood Recyclers has temporarily stopped accepting waste wood at two of its sites to avoid enforcement action from the Environment Agency.

Totternhoe Metal Recycling Limited has been fined £12,000 after a man delivering scrap metal was injured when trapped by a crane.

Somerset Waste Partnership is asking waste treatment suppliers to suggest alternatives to landfill, in the hope of reducing the £12 million it spends on waste disposal.

The City of Cardiff Council has begun a new waste service this week, which limits the amount of residual waste householders can put out and bans the use of black bags.

Resource management group SUEZ environnement has shortened its name to SUEZ, following the re-branding of GDF-SUEZ to ENGIE earlier this year.

Around 50 staff at Brickkiln Waste Limited in Londonderry are to lose their jobs after being told that the company is going into administration.

Angus Council has announced that it is to remove 19 recycling points, estimated to cost £25,000 per year, due to ‘successful’ kerbside recycling scheme.

The House of Lords has used the ‘Green Card’ initiative to call on the European Commission to take a strategic approach to food waste reduction in the forthcoming Circular Economy Package.