More than 250 jobs are set to be lost in a ‘major transformation’ of Lancashire County’s Council’s waste operations that will see two six-year-old sites run by Global Renewables mothballed.

Welsh local authorities have recorded an average municipal waste recycling rate of 57 per cent in the 12 months to September 2015, six months before they must meet a government target of 58 per cent.

A new competency framework designed to improve health and safety compliance within the waste management industry has been launched by the SWITCH Forum.

A recycling firm has been handed a confiscation order of nearly £350,000 for failing to remove waste from an unlicensed area.

The Circular Economy Investment Fund and Service will offer support to small to medium-sized enterprise to grow the circular economy in Scotland.

Assessment of the possibility of creating greater consistency in household waste and recycling collections in England has entered its second phase, WRAP announced today.

Almost 30,000 tonnes of water-damaged household goods, collected from areas of the UK affected by recent floods, have been sent to landfill, costing almost £2.25 million in landfill taxes, the LGA estimates.

WRAP has unveiled an interactive online tool [http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/new-circular-economy-jobs-created-2030] to highlight the number of jobs that could be created by a circular economy in each Parliamentary constituency.

Mary Creagh MP has been elected as the new Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, following the resignation of Huw Irranca-Davies.

A bill intended to strengthen environmental protection, simplify environmental legislation and reduce red tape for business has been passed by the Northern Irish Assembly.