‘World’s first’ Ultra Low Emission Zone set for London in an attempt to improve the city’s air quality.

According to new figures, Welsh councils recycled 54 per cent of their waste between July-September 2012.

Oxfordshire Waste Partnership becomes first council partnership to sign WRAP’s Business Recycling and Waste Services Commitment.

WRAP's new training for Recycling Managers will no longer be free to local authorities except for those in Scotland.

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill passes final reading in House of Commons and is expected to become law by Easter.

Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey urges politicians to find Kyoto Protocol replacement by 2015 as “climate change is irrefutable”.

Leeds City Council grants planning permission to Veolia and Biffa to build two separate incinerators in the city.

Lancashire residents take legal action taken against SITA UK for 'foul smells' emitting from Whinney Hill landfill site.

Conservative Leader at Norfolk County Council resigns after political debacle over Cory Wheelabrator’s King’s Lynn incinerator.

A round-up of news stories from the recycling and waste industry from the past week including a recycling fellowship, Grundon and a new AD facility.