SUEZ has announced two short-term municipal agreements with local authorities in Northern Scotland.

Innovate UK’s Global Challenge Fund awards £9.3 million funding to consortium to develop model to develop sector of informal dismantlers of e-waste.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources industry, including Abel & Cole, Viridor and SUEZ.

The Wood Recyclers’ Association has called on the Welsh Government to keep HWRCs open during the country’s ‘firebreak’ measures to stop the spread of Covid-19.

A poll commissioned by environmental charity VOICE has revealed that almost 90 per cent of Ireland’s population is in favour of a deposit return scheme to include a wide range of drinks containers.

The Waste Compliance Taskforce (WACT) – an association of public and private regulators, businesses and charities – will be launched this week.

In its largest investment the UK has made in plastic packaging recycling technologies, UKRI has boosted funding for recycling projects by £20 million.

A new report published by WEEE Forum calls for action on the treatment of WEEE as scrap metal, urging competent authorities to penalise facilities that illegitimately incorporate WEEE into their unreported waste flows.

Essex County Council invites bids for a short-term contract to manage residual waste as it continues to send waste to landfill.

A new report commissioned by Zero Waste Scotland highlights the climate change challenges posed by the country’s existing energy-from-waste infrastructure.