Northern Irish councils could save up to £4 million while boosting the country’s economy through universal adoption of a stacked recycling box system, says Bryson Recycling.

A married couple that run Daniels Recycling has been ordered to pay £130,000 for illegally exporting 187 tonnes of hazardous electronic waste to Africa.

A ‘significant proportion’ of the 340 staff employed by Global Renewables will face compulsory redundancy should cuts to Lancashire County Council’s waste operations be agreed.

Blaenau Gwent council has pledged to resolve resident concerns around its new kerbside sort recycling system, after a protest last week outside its offices.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has developed an updated definition for refuse-derived fuel (RDF) that clarifies what is expected of waste described as RDF.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new Novelis plant, recycling benefitting London Zoo and a new glass recycling contract in Scotland.

Three men have been ordered to pay more than £262,000 after being found guilty of illegally dumping more than 60,000 tonnes of waste on two farms in Cornwall.

There is increasing consensus in the resource industry that variable charging is a good idea, but what needs to be done to bring it about, and what sort of system would be ideal? Resource convened a roundtable of experts to work out the details and charge ahead with charging. What follows is an excerpt of their conversation.

The paint industry is calling on government to boost support for remanufactured paint and for household waste recycling centres to accept leftover household paint as part of a drive to increase its redistribution.

Salford City Council could become the third local authority (LA) in Greater Manchester to implement three-weekly waste collections, should a recommended pilot be voted through its cabinet next week.