New provisional statistics from the Health and Safety Executive reveal that fourteen people were fatally injured in the waste and recycling industry in 2016/17, a dramatic increase on last year’s six.

Biffa has continued its expansion across the North of England with the acquisition of waste and recycling company O’Brien WRS for £35.2 million.

A new guide aimed at helping Scottish construction and architecture businesses maximise the amount of waste they reuse on construction projects has been published by Zero Waste Scotland.

SUEZ has announced that it is rolling out Organix, the ‘first digital marketplace for organic waste’, across France with the aim of connecting organic waste producers with biogas operators.

The Scottish Government has commissioned Zero Waste Scotland to carry out ‘detailed work’ on how a deposit-return scheme could work in the country, presenting a significant step in the campaign to reinvent how plastic packaging is recycled.

The amount of residual waste being processed at energy-from-waste facilities in the UK rose by 18 per cent in 2016, according to waste and bioenergy consultancy Tolvik Consulting.

Members of the waste and resources industry descended on London this week for two days of discussion on the sector's hot topics. Producer responsibility, stuttering recycling rates, Brexit and a large serving of politics were the major talking points. Here are some of our main takeaways.

Manchester’s recycling rate is set to hit 40 per cent next year, according to the city’s council, which is having to create a new collection calendar following a ‘major boost’ to recycling.

Sorting technology manufacturer Bulk Handling Systems has announced the launch of new Max-AI technology, a sorting system that uses artificial intelligence to identify recyclables and other items for recovery.

SUEZ’s Jean-Marc Boursier has taken over from David Palmer-Jones as President of the European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services.