Members of the waste industry have expressed disappointment with Defra’s decision to not withdraw a derogation that allows air pollution control residues to be disposed of as hazardous waste landfill.

Waste management firm Biffa has announced the expansion of its hazardous waste offerings after its acquisition of Enviroco and PHS Group.

The Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority has had to seek urgent interim waste disposal arrangements after technical issues prevented the full operation of its £1.18bn contract.

The WEEE compliance fee methodology proposed by compliance scheme Valpak has been selected to determine the 2016 fee, the government has revealed.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a Veolia community fund for London, a change of name for ACR+ and a new MRF in Leeds.

The government confirmed through its Brexit White Paper that it plans to transpose all current European environmental regulation into UK law after Brexit.

Environmental charities across England are to receive over £1.5 million after 26 businesses agreed to make donations in response to pollution charges brought by the Environment Agency.

Investigators are looking into what caused a fire that broke out at paper recycler UPM Shotton’s North Wales materials recovery facility in Deeside last night.

The Chinese government is set to invest £29 billion in establishing better waste practices over the next three years to address the levels of soil and water pollution caused by growing landfills.

The European Commission’s roadmap for an EU strategy on plastics in the circular economy does not get to the root of the plastics problem, according to a coalition of environmental groups.