Households in East Devon will receive residual waste collections every three weeks next month, as part of a new trial collection service.

Powys and Surrey county councils have both announced public consultations on changes to waste management services that aim to reduce costs.

Aaron Jenkins, a 20-year-old man from Burnley, has been charged with the murder of Pendle Skips employee Stephen Whitehead, and is due to appear in court today.

Somerset Waste Partnership is asking waste treatment suppliers to suggest alternatives to landfill, in the hope of reducing the £12 million it spends on waste disposal.

The City of Cardiff Council has begun a new waste service this week, which limits the amount of residual waste householders can put out and bans the use of black bags.

Angus Council has announced that it is to remove 19 recycling points, estimated to cost £25,000 per year, due to ‘successful’ kerbside recycling scheme.

A round-up of waste and resources news, including plastic bag charge guidance, green rewards points and investment in sorting technology.

Northern Ireland’s first quarterly waste figures reveal marginal increases in the proportion amount of waste being sent to landfill, as well as the dry recycling and composting rate.

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service and County Council have called for tighter regulation and planning controls for recycling plants, after seeing 40 site fires in the last five years.

Having bigger bins for residual waste can lower recycling rates, according to a new report published by the Waste & Recycling Action Programme.