Netherlands-based recycling company, Baetsen Recycling, buys world’s first robotic recycling system.

Lord Mayor of Leicester opens Wastecycle’s new £1 million indoor processing hall in Leicester.

The largest material recovery facility (MRF) in the United States has opened in Milpitas, California.

Defra has opened a consultation calling for ideas and evidence on how best to manage wood waste and divert it from landfill.

Chipboard manufacturer, Sonae Industria has announced that their Particle Board factory in Knowsley may close.

PRIME, a pan-European consortium comprising ten partners, has announced a project to engineer high-value products from low-grade, mixed plastic waste through the development of a cost-effective, flexible moulding technology.

The National Recycling Awards have recognised industry leaders in waste minimisation and materials recycling.

Local authorities are either paying reduced MRF gate fees, or are receiving payment for recovered materials, according to WRAP’s Gate Fees Report 2012, released today (9 July).

Cornish haulage and waste management company, RK Transport, have been ordered by courts to pay over £100,000 in fines and costs for illegally disposing of waste in two Cornish waste sites.

Hadfield Wood Recyclers has entered into partnership with Tilbury Green Power to provide recovered wood to a new power facility located at Tilbury Docks in Essex.