Recycling and waste management company Ellgia Limited has announced a new partnership with Ferrybridge Multifuel Energy Limited for a spot contract supply of refuse derived fuel to generate energy from waste.

Reliable mobile communications are crucial for monitoring and improving health and safety in waste management, says Brentwood Communications.

The ESA has launched a campaign to promote the use of outsourcing by councils as a way to make cost savings and drive innovation in waste service delivery.

Strike action involving 65 waste workers in Thurrock council has been called off after the management made concessions on the use of ‘big brother style’ cameras.

Waste workers employed by Thurrock council are set to strike from 12 April in a dispute caused by what has been dubbed the ‘rubbish management’ of the council’s waste collection service.

A worker at a Paisley recycling plant was ‘crushed to death’ yesterday (28 March) while operating heavy machinery, reports state.

A new Dutch collective with members from across industry, academia and government has been set up to help the country cut its food waste in half by 2030 in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove has assured MPs that Defra will be increasing its Brexit work streams from 43 to 70 in a letter to the Chair of Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC).

The UK is set to throw away a third more single-use coffee cups by 2030, according to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Eunomia Research & Consulting, which predicts the UK’s total plastic waste will increase by 20 per cent.

Changes to the Environment Agency’s charging and permits regime will come into force on 1 April despite industry concerns that this is too soon for businesses to prepare.