The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee has revealed the finalists for its Celebration Awards 2015, due to be held in Nottingham next month.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new solid recovered fuel facility, a food waste recycling scheme and deliberately contaminated collections.

Permission for a giant incineration plant developed by FCC Environment has been unanimously granted permission by Midlothian Council.

The Dorset Waste Partnership has approved proposals to charge for non-household waste at household waste recycling centres in a bid to address its overspend.

The Welsh Natural Resources Minister has launched a £2-million Welsh Government investment in a new kerbside-sort system that aims to improve recycling performance in the Merthyr Tydfil.

Guidance has been published to help operators of materials recycling facilities comply with upcoming regulations introduced by the Scottish Government.

Less frequent collection of dry recyclables and residual waste is one way to revive England’s sagging recycling rate, according to a new report released by SUEZ today.

Salford City Council has taken steps to ensure that food waste bags provided free to residents cannot be stolen, after former bin man Paul Strickland was sentenced last week.

A major overhaul of Norfolk’s household waste recycling centre system could see 13 of the county’s 20 facilities close, after a Norfolk County Council report proposed a smaller network with expanded services.

An action plan to improve the performance of the Dorset Waste Partnership is almost complete, the partnership’s joint committee will hear on Monday, though a second consecutive overspend is likely.