Residents of the European Union generated 475 kilogrammes per person in 2014, 44 per cent of which was recycled or composted, according to a report published yesterday (30 March) by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU.

Around 70 firefighters remain on the site of a ‘severe’ fire that contained approximately 800 tonnes of metal and mixed plastic and rubber at European Metal Recycling’s facility in the Saltey area of Birmingham.

Firefighters in Shropshire spent yesterday attending a waste fire engulfing 100 tonnes of plastic waste that was waiting to be recycled.

England’s household recycling rate dropped 0.7 per cent last year, the first recorded fall in England’s annual rate since records began in 2000/2001.

Biffa is to spend £11 million on a 100-strong fleet of new vehicles to help provide household collections and street cleansing services in Manchester.

An independent review of the Welsh Government’s guidance on waste and recycling collections has found it is still the best model for Welsh local authorities to follow.

A Norfolk waste operator has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for running an illegal waste site that stockpiled thousands of tonnes of soil, wood and construction waste.

Significant progress has been made by local authorities, the recycling industry and other parts of the supply chain towards achieving a circular economy for plastics, according to a new WRAP report.

Bryson Recycling has been awarded a contract worth up to £15 million to continue processing household recycling from over 250,000 homes in Northern Ireland.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including Ealing’s pursuit of fly-tippers, investment in recycling in Aldershot and new bins in Dundee.