Work has begun to remove all bring sites from Derbyshire Dales after the council determined that contamination issues and a revamped kerbside collection system rendered the service ‘unsustainable’.

Only eight waste collection authorities have implemented changes to meet separate collection requirements for key recyclable materials, according to an Environment Agency report.

Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority is forecast to overspend by as much as £2.5 million by the end of the year.

The annual landfill cost to Welsh local authorities has dropped by more than £13 million since 2011/12, equating to a decrease of more than 23 per cent, figures obtained by BBC Wales have found.

Anglesey will decide on Monday whether to introduce three-weekly bin collections as a way of meeting ambitious Welsh recycling targets.

The three-week recycling disruption in Bath and North East Somerset caused by strike action has ended after union members accepted a revised offer from Kier yesterday.

The Kent Resource Partnership has been awarded funding of over £110,000 to support its plastics and metals recycling communications.

The managing director of a Merseyside waste disposal firm has admitted safety failings after a worker was crushed to death inside a compactor machine in December 2010.

A record total of £284,000 in fines was handed down to companies and individuals by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) in 2014/15.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including needle contamination, illegal waste vehicle seizure and recycling bags for life.