As the coronavirus outbreak causes huge disruption, Robbie Staniforth, Head of Policy at Ecosurety, explores what this might mean for producer responsibility requirements in the coming year.

Viridor has announced a £4.5-million investment in a new leachate extraction system at its Dimmer Landfill site in Somerset.

An UNTHA XR3000C mobil-e shredder is helping a new waste plant to transform AD and blood plastics into a clean secondary material for remanufacturing.

Ennomotive has launched an engineering competition to find new ways of reprocessing waste mining materials into glass.

Dolav's plastic pallet box has UN approval for the safe transport of lead-acid batteries and other dangerous goods

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has launched an inquiry into the environmental and human health impacts of electronic waste (e-waste) and the opportunities for the circular economy for electronic goods.

Waste management company Biffa has been convicted of breaching waste export regulations for attempting to send heavily contaminated waste to China.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including NLWA, Casepak and Clarity Environmental.

Waste management company Biffa has announced a three-year partnership with UK-based charity WasteAid, which will see the company support WasteAid financially and share its expertise with communities in low-income countries to improve the management of waste.

Workers belong to the Unite union at the Sellafield nuclear waste reprocessing facility in Cumbria have voted to strike in a dispute over pay with facilities management outsourcer Mitie.