Social recycling and waste management company Recycling Lives has been handed a contract to process waste metal coming from fuel reprocessing and decommissioning at Sellafield.

A new report from Eunomia Research & Consulting has predicted that the UK’s recycling rate could be limited to 63 per cent if residual waste treatment capacity continues to grow.

SUEZ has announced a new partnership with Bouygues Construction to share expertise to develop innovative solutions for resource management in sustainable and smart cities.

Veolia has revealed that it is ‘confident’ that an agreement can be reached over its waste management contract with Sheffield City Council

The Environment Agency has partnered with the ESA to collaborate and focus resources on poorly-performing sites in an attempt to raise standards of operation within the sector and fight waste crime.

Talks between Birmingham City Council and Unite to resolve a dispute between refuse workers and the council are close to resuming, according to Unite.

The quality and quantity of Scotland’s recycling is being held back by contamination of the waste being sent to the country’s MRFs, according to SEPA.

The UK is currently on course to meet recycling obligations for all key packaging materials, according to new figures, though the potential Chinese ban on some imports could see more price volatility on the horizon.

The search for the body of missing serviceman Corrie McKeague at a landfill site in Cambridgeshire has been abandoned after 20 weeks of close inspection costing over £1 million.

Michael Gove must follow up on talk of a new waste and resources strategy with a distinct 25-year plan for resources and waste, says the ESA and SUEZ.