The Department of Energy & Climate Change has stripped Nuclear Management Partners of its £9-billion contract to clean up the Sellafield nuclear site.

Central government responds to the EFRA Committee's inquiry on waste management, and says it currently has ‘no plans to reintroduce statutory recycling targets for local authorities’

Cory Wheelabrator has withdrawn plans to build an incinerator in Kings Lynn following the termination of its waste contract.

The UK needs a partnership approach to implementing a national plan to combat litter, delegates tell the Communities and Local Government Committee’s litter inquiry.

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has approved plans for a controversial incinerator to be built in Gloucestershire, overruling the local council’s concerns.

Chris Dow, CEO of Closed Loop Recycling, touches on how oil prices are affecting the recycled plastics industry and reveals his wish list for 2015.

Six waste and resource management bodies have written to the main political parties in England outlining policy priority suggestions for the next administration.

A draft version of England’s Single Use Carrier Bag Charges (England) Order has been published, clarifying which bags will fall under the charge in 2015.

The Welsh Government has published statutory guidance on the separate collection of waste paper, metal, plastic and glass.

Defra and DOE have launched a consultation regarding the implementation of recent EU ship recycling regulations within the UK.