A collaborative US report has proposed a number of policies to improve the poor health and safety records of American recycling companies.

A new Imperial College London report, commissioned by Veolia, claims that a circular economy could create 175,000 jobs and boost GDP by 1.8 per cent in the UK.

The Director of Aylesbury Mushrooms (Farms) Ltd and Director of SJ Radband Haulage Ltd ordered to pay a total of £21,000 for illegal depositing 3,000 tonnes of waste at a farm in Bampton.

Eunomia warns that the UK could reach residual waste treatment overcapacity by 2019 and calls on government to manage ‘potential conflicts’ with EU recycling targets.

Potters Waste Management has won a five-year deal to become the sole contractor for household waste recycling centres in Powys.

Viridor has agreed to send air pollution control residues from its incineration facilities to Carbon8 Aggregates Ltd for recycling.

Fundraising special: A round-up of the work being undertaken by those in the waste and resource industry for good causes.

Recycling firm Recresco has been fined £50,000 for safety failings after a worker lost his hand when it became trapped in an unguarded conveyor belt.

As waste site fires increasingly hit headlines, Mark Andrews, Waste Fires Lead at the Chief Fire Officers Association, outlines how members of the waste industry can reduce the risk of fire.

Southern Plastics Recycling Ltd has been fined £1,500 for violating health and safety regulations after a worker was injured falling from an industrial waste bin.