Up to £4 billion of value is currently ‘hidden’ in the waste generated by three major sectors and could be extracted with better reuse, recycling and remanufacturing, says Veolia.

Industry groups have both supported and criticised Waste Minister Therese Coffey’s move to reject a proposal by the Liberal Democrats to bring in a 5p charge on disposable coffee cups to reduce waste.

Edinburgh councillors have approved a comprehensive action plan to improve the city’s waste and cleansing services following a drop in customer satisfaction.

The UK Without Incineration Network has warned investors of the risk that gasification projects present with a briefing paper highlighting more than a dozen failed projects.

Angus Evers considers the consequences of an Upper Tribunal ruling on whether local authority VAT exemption distorts competition in the commercial waste market.

The directors of two waste companies in Swindon and North Wales have been banned and given suspended prison sentences after fires alerted authorities to their unpermitted sites.

The government has once again ruled out the possibility of imposing a 5p charge on disposable coffee cups handed out at high street retailers after calls by the Liberal Democrats.

The amount of waste being sent to landfill in England increased by over six per cent between 2014 and 2015, according to data published by the Environment Agency.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including new appointments at Biffa and Cromwell Polythene, and the opening of a new EfW facility in Buckinghamshire.

Plans to find an alternative location for Viridor and Grundon’s Lakeside incinerator have begun after the government’s announcement that it has approved a third runway at Heathrow.