CIWM’s online match-making service WasteSupport is set to launch this week linking local authorities experiencing problems with waste collection services with commercial waste contractors to keep waste moving during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) is pressing households to think of waste worker safety and reminding them not to throw WEEE in the bin during the coronavirus outbreak.

UK waste company Viridor is offering free online workshops in Glasgow for SMEs and social enterprises to assist them in dealing with the challenges the coronavirus has brought to their business.

With waste operatives across the country going the extra mile during the Covid-19 crisis to keep waste and recycling collections going, residents have been making their appreciation felt for all their hard work.

Waste operatives belonging to the trade union Unite working for Biffa Waste Services in Wirral have staged a walkout over Covid-19 safety concerns, with the waste management company refuting claims that it had failed to take work safety seriously.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released guidance to local authorities on prioritising waste collection services during the coronavirus outbreak.

The Environment Agency (EA) has announced that waste storage limits on permitted waste sites can be ‘temporarily’ exceeded if Covid-19 restrictions mean that waste cannot be removed from those sites.

The first results from an ADEPT online survey for English local authorities to establish the impact of Covid-19 on waste and recycling services show the majority of services are continuing, but certain services such as garden and bulky waste collections have been hard hit.

The Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) Forum has published its finalised guidance on reducing the risk of Covid-19 in the waste management sector.

HMRC has announced a degree of ‘operational flexibility’ for landfill site operators for Landfill Tax operators in light of the Covid-19 outbreak as rate increases to £94.15 per tonne for 2020/21.