More than 100 firefighters were called to a SUEZ waste transfer station in the town of Pool, Cornwall, after a store of plastic for recycling caught fire on Saturday evening.

Greater cross-sector collaboration is needed to tackle some of the major questions affecting the future of plastics recycling, according to RECOUP.

Unite refuse workers employed by Birmingham City Council have voted for industrial action as the council announces 122 waste collection jobs are to be cut over the next two weeks.

A recycling firm based near Stratford-upon-Avon has been ordered to pay out £11,757 in fines and court costs following an incident in which one of its refuse collection vehicles reversed into a 77-year old woman.

Biffa has posted a £10.9 million statutory loss in its latest financial results for 2016/17, the first since its return to the stock market, and announced a new partnership to build two new energy recovery facilities with Covanta.

Unite has hailed an employment tribunal ruling last week over overtime pay as a ‘landmark victory’ for refuse workers working for Veolia on council waste management contracts.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has revealed his desire to make London the world’s leading ‘smart city’, employing the latest developments in digital technology to bring about solutions to the challenges posed by modern urban processes.

A new guidance document on best practice in monitoring waste and recycling collections has been released by the WISH Forum ensure health and safety procedures are being followed correctly in the sector

Investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that took hold of a warehouse of over 500 tonnes of wood chips in West Sussex over the weekend.

Eleven people were hospitalised at Dublin’s new Poolbeg Incinerator last week after it appears a door seal was breached and lime was able to escape.