Former WRAP CEO Liz Goodwin has been chosen to lead delivery of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s recycling and circular goals as Chair of the London Waste and Recycling Board.

SUEZ, one of the country’s largest waste management companies, has backed a deposit-return scheme, after reports emerged this week that officials at the Defra had said it was ‘unlikely’ that such a system would be considered as part of a forthcoming national litter strategy.

Officials from Defra have played down the possibility of introducing a deposit-return scheme for plastic bottles as part of its new litter strategy for England, according to reports.

Lidl has signed up to be the second supermarket to use community social network Neighbourly to redistribute surplus food to charities and local causes.

The average percentage of target material being received by materials facilities in Wales rose by 1.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2016, the latest data published by WRAP suggests.

SUEZ recycling and recovery UK has been made to pay over £500,000 in fines and costs after contaminated water from a landfill in Cornwall left two local waterways ‘smothered’ in sewage fungus.

Staffordshire police say a fire that broke out at an illegal recycling centre on Sunday was started deliberately.

Members of the waste industry have expressed disappointment with Defra’s decision to not withdraw a derogation that allows air pollution control residues to be disposed of as hazardous waste landfill.

Waste management firm Biffa has announced the expansion of its hazardous waste offerings after its acquisition of Enviroco and PHS Group.

National anti-litter charity Keep Britain Tidy is campaigning to boost awareness of littering by bringing back well-known symbol, the Tidyman, sporting a new, updated look.