Waste management company Veolia has retained its recycling and waste services contracts in East Kent, with a new green fleet of vehicles and rationalised collection routes to reduce carbon emissions.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is set to introduce legally-binding targets for waste and other environmental issue areas as part of the government’s Environment Bill.

The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has announced early details of its new campaign to urge consumers to responsibly recycle batteries.

The UK’s municipal recycling rate continues to sit well below those of leading European recycling nations such as Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, according to municipal waste data from Eurostat, although its recycling rate has improved slightly.

Though cycling is seen as the ideal form of green transport, millions of bike tyres and inner tubes are thrown away every year in the UK. Is it possible to dispose of these items in an environmentally friendly way?

Hampshire County Council has urged residents to only book a slot at a Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) if they intend to use it.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Biffa, First Mile, J&B Recycling, Recycling Technologies and Fulcrum.

From 1 September, Richard Kirkman will take up his new position as CEO of Veolia Australia and New Zealand, based in Sydney.

Professor Stephen Jenkinson provides an overview of the UK’s biowaste treatment system and what the priorities for Defra should be as the UK moves towards mandatory separate collections of biowaste.

A new £26.5-million district-heating network in Cardiff has secured £15 million of funding to begin the first phase of works.