The number of homeless people found sleeping rough in bins, risking injury or death from compactor lorries, is growing.

A state-backed Chinese enterprise and an American equity firm are among those interested in the £1 billion purchase of Biffa, according to reports in the media.

Environmental groups have called for the next Mayor of London to harmonise the 20 different recycling systems across London as part of its Greener London movement.

Marcus Gover, Director at WRAP, shares his vision of an England where householders know exactly what goes ‘in’ recycling bins and what stays ‘out’.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a merger for the owner of Dennis Eagle, an app helping Derry residents to recycle, a WEEE collection event and this year's RECOUP Conference.

A project designed to identify new luminescent inks capable of increasing automated sorting efficiency has been awarded £772,000.

A Derbyshire waste firm has been made to pay £200,770 after a worker was crushed to death by the bucket of a motorised loading shovel.

Exports of refuse-derived fuel from England and Wales grew by over half a million tonnes in 2015, according to the RDF Industry Group.

The Environment Agency and Gloucestershire Constabulary have visited an unpermitted site in the Forest of Dean as part of an operation to tackle illegal waste activities.

Members of the Environmental Services Association have reduced injuries by 78 per cent since 2004, according to a new report released today.