A pedestrian has been killed in a collision with a heavy goods vehicle at the paper mill of UPM Shotton in Deeside, North Wales.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is auctioning off a repossessed waste treatment facility that has lain unused for the past two years.

The WEEE compliance fee methodology proposed by compliance scheme Valpak has been selected to determine the 2016 fee, the government has revealed.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a Veolia community fund for London, a change of name for ACR+ and a new MRF in Leeds.

Bolton Council is hailing the ‘great success’ of its introduction of slim bin, beating savings targets three months early, but fire chiefs have suggested the containers could be playing a part in increasing arson of ‘loose refuse’.

Recycling information on packaging is to be trimmed to make it simpler for consumers to understand and easier for retailers to use, the On-Pack Recycling Label scheme has announced.

The UK had the tenth highest recycling rate in Europe in 2015, while Germany maintained its top position, according to figures published by the European Union.

The Chinese government is set to invest £29 billion in establishing better waste practices over the next three years to address the levels of soil and water pollution caused by growing landfills.

The European Commission’s roadmap for an EU strategy on plastics in the circular economy does not get to the root of the plastics problem, according to a coalition of environmental groups.

The UK’s most heavily-concentrated area of offices is to be targeted for Hubbub’s Square Mile Challenge, providing specialist bins to boost the recycling of takeaway coffee cups.