Local authority networks have released a guidance document on reopening Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs).

The Environment Agency (EA) has released two further Covid-19 regulatory position statements (RPS) for waste operators concerning the temporary storage of waste at unpermitted sites and the temporary storage of incinerator bottom ash aggregate (IBAA) during the crisis.

A number of Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) across Greater Manchester are to reopen from this weekend (2 May) with some restrictions and social distancing measures in place.

The WEEE Fund has announced that it will be providing more than £5 million of financial support to electronic waste recyclers during the Covid-19 pandemic in the form of its WEEE Support Grants and Loans Package.

Zero Waste Scotland has launched an online platform to match local authorities with private operators to pool resources together in efforts to maintain key services during the Covid-19 pandemic

Garden and bulky waste services remain disrupted and more Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) close while core collections services continue to be maintained, according to the latest Covid-19 local authority impacts survey.

Robert Jenrick, the Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has said that local authorities will be asked to “plan the organised opening” of Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in the coming weeks.

Households in Cardiff will receive a one-off garden waste collection in May to allow residents to dispose of waste built up during the Covid-19 pandemic, Cardiff Council has announced.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is to “explore the potential for further support” for the waste and resources sector as it rolls out a Covid-19 impacts survey.

A new campaign has been launched by the Scottish Government to inform residents about managing their waste where collection services have been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.