Research commissioned by furniture retailer Furniture Choice has shown that one in eight UK residents admit to fly-tipping.

Renewable energy and waste management company Viridor has called for a new integrated system of Scottish Resource Networks that is ‘fit for purpose’ to support national economic growth.

A 70 year-old man from Otley has become the third person to be killed by a waste collection vehicle in the past two weeks.

Resource industry heads have welcomed the EAC’s report into the EU’s effect on environmental policy in the UK, emphasising that Brexit would threaten investment in the industry.

The European glass manufacturers’ trade association has called for mandatory separate collection schemes in order to realise circular economy ambitions, but says that reuse targets are ‘counter-productive’.

Recycling, resource and energy recovery business Viridor has invested £2 million in a further four advanced optical sorters for its glass recycling facility in Sheffield.

A Birmingham waste company has been made to pay £96,250 for breaching its environmental permit and failing to comply with an enforcement notice.

The ESA has launched ‘Right Waste, Right Place’, a campaign against waste crime, as research shows 56 per cent of UK businesses are not complying with duty of care legislation for waste.

Nearly 2,000 residents signed up to a new £40 opt-in service for garden waste wheelie bin collections, which began this weekend in Calderdale.

Local authorities in North West England have achieved combined savings of around £20 million per year through delivering waste efficiencies, though recycling rates are stagnating, a new study has revealed.