A Wigan-based skip hire company that has made national news in a video showing the contents of one of its skip being emptied into a front garden has been fined for six unrelated abuses of environmental protection laws.

Local authorities across the country have stepped up action against fly-tippers in the build-up to Christmas, as they make use of new powers to issue on-the-spot fines and crush vehicles used in fly-tipping operations.

Apple has agreed to pay $450,000 to California regulators amid accusations of mishandling of electronic waste in its Silicon Valley facilities.

Southampton-based Princess Cruises has been ordered to pay a £31-million penalty for illegal dumping of contaminated oil waste off the English coast.

A round up of news from the waste and resources sector including new bins for Croydon, global growth in the AD industry, investment in the European paper industry and more.

The Environment Agency dispatched enforcement teams across the Thames Valley this week in a bid to put a stop to illegal waste activities.

A 73-year old businessman from Middlesbrough has been given a suspended sentence after negligent environmental practices caused a waste fire that destroyed his firm.

The campaign to inform businesses of their obligations to correctly dispose of their waste now has 23 ambassador organisations spreading the message to suppliers, customers and members of these organisations.

Bidwell Metals Ltd will close its scrapyard in Radstock, Somerset, after a judicial review deemed residents’ noise complaints to be sufficient to force its closure.

The Environment Agency is investigating the possibility of a link between lorry-loads of waste that have been dumped in 20 locations across Essex.