Waste management firm SUEZ hopes to develop collections of complex and hard-to-recycle products across Europe after acquiring a 30 per cent stake in community collection programme TerraCycle.

A new £142-million incinerator that will treat the waste of Edinburgh and Midlothian councils has been backed by the Green Investment Bank (GIB), with investment of £28 million.

Scotland’s Environment Secretary has announced a targeted round of funding to help enterprise development bodies across Scotland speed up the shift towards a circular economy within their regions.

The dangers of sleeping in waste containers are being highlighted by a campaign as the incoming winter temperatures force more rough sleepers to seek covered shelter.

Brothers who lit two waste fires that disrupted local businesses and trainlines for weeks at a time have pleaded guilty to breaches of environmental regulations that posed a hazard to human health.

The death of a man at a site operated by EIS Waste Services in Aberdeen is being investigated by the HSE and Police.

Biffa has continued its growth within the UK waste market by agreeing terms on an acquisition that will see it take over the collection and processing business of Blakeley’s Recycling Ltd.

An urgent ‘measures-led’ rethink is needed to address the growing marine plastic problem and not more targets, according to Eunomia.

FCC Environment's Kristian Dales argues that now is the time to address historic system constraints in the waste industry.

The Labour Party ‘will embrace the circular economy’ and become the ‘Party for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’, Shadow Environment Secretary Rachael Maskell told the party’s annual conference.