The owner of car breaking company JT Recovery Services has been handed a suspended 10-month prison sentence for running an illegal waste site.

The London Waste and Recycling Board is calling on those wishing to build waste projects in London to apply to its £20-million infrastructure fund.

Conwy County Borough Council will roll out its Trolibocs separate collection system to all ‘suitable houses’ by spring 2015.

The Environment Agency has launched a new online tool to help business determine when waste reaches by-product or product status.

Viridor’s £12.5-million plastics recycling facility in Rochester has been officially opened by Mayor of Medway, Councillor Barry Kemp.

Former EC Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik succeeds Professor Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker as Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel.

Work has begun on developing Courtauld 2025, a new, 10-year framework that aims to boost resource efficiency in the food and drink sector.

A round-up of news from the waste and recycling industry, including Recofloor, Magna Science Adventure Centre and CRUK.

The winners of the CIWM Professional and UK Sustainability & Resource Industry Awards have been announced.

Consumer goods manufacturer Unilever is to highlight the problem of food waste in a prime time TV advert this weekend.