Community-based waste management projects are the key to tackling the global waste crisis, new CIWM President Professor David Wilson said at his inauguration.

Yotta research has found that traditional fixed-line phones are still the preferred method of reporting missing bins.

The UK government has targeted zero avoidable waste going to landfill by 2050 and confirmed plans for a Waste and Resources Strategy in its long-awaited Clean Growth Strategy yesterday, detailing its plans for a low-carbon future for the UK.

The award recognises innovation in tackling consumer waste and ocean plastic through the partnership of consumer giant Proctor & Gamble and recycling and waste companies TerraCycle and SUEZ.

Buses on the city’s new MetroBus route could be powered using bio-fuel made from food waste, bosses of FirstGroup revealed this week.

As research shows a third of young North Londoners don’t recycle, a new campaign goes back to the future in order to ‘Save Our Stuff’.

Resources Minister Therese Coffey says ‘ambitious’ recycling targets proposed by the EU could lead to ‘perverse actions’ being carried out to ensure enough waste is recycled, suggesting that Defra considered instructing residents to water their gardens to produce garden waste during this year’s relatively dry summer.

Amey has appointed Simon Houlahan as Business Director to oversee its environmental services accounts in the South of England.

Irish waste management company PandaGreen has continued its expansion into the UK market with the takeover of WSR Recycling Limited.

With new technology creating new ways of interacting and creating partnerships, an increasing number of companies around the world are turning to digital platforms for more efficient waste management.