Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole councils have published a new draft Waste Plan that outlines the local sustainable waste management strategy for the next 15 years.

The island of Guernsey has recycled more than half of its household waste for the first time, after a kerbside recycling collection service was introduced last year.

Gravesham Borough Council has received a £100,000 reward from Kent County Council after increasing its recycling rates by 10 per cent in a year.

A scrutiny report into the roll out of Dorset Waste Partnership’s county-wide ‘Recycle for Dorset’ scheme has found that no major problems persist with the service.

SUEZ environnement’s £180-million incinerator in Great Blakenham, Suffolk, has been officially opened by the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, Clare, Countess of Euston.

AmeyCespa will be awarded a 25-year contract to manage waste on the Isle of Wight following a vote by the council’s Executive Committee this week.

Community action group GlosVAIN has announced plans for a resource recovery centre to rival the county council’s controversial energy-from-waste plant.

The MetalMatters campaign has delivered a ‘positive and lasting’ effect on metal recovery from kerbside collections says a report by organisers Alupro.

Torridge District Council will resume recycling services to its 31,500 households on Monday, two weeks after its collections contractor entered administratoin.

Thurrock Council will remove residents’ recycling bins if they are repeatedly contaminated, as part of a new ‘three strikes and you’re out’ policy.