Zero Waste Scotland has launched the second phase of its ‘kite mark’ accreditation, aiming to improve health and safety standards.

Four Welsh councils have been spared fines imposed by the Welsh Government for failing to hit recycling targets, after successfully demonstrating that they intend to improve their performance.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Croydon Council, ERP UK, DS Envrionmental, EMR, and enitial.

Authorities visit businesses in Boston, Lincolnshire to clamp down on illegal vehicle and scrap metal dealers in the area.

A Rotherham-based metal recycling firm, CF Booth Ltd, has been fined £15,000 for safety failings after a young worker was seriously injured by unguarded machinery.

Fife Council has become the fifth local authority to sign up to Scotland’s Resource Sector Commitment.

Members of the public are being invited to attend public exhibitions about the new Edmonton EcoPark in Enfield, which will burn up to 700,000 tonnes of waste a year.

A fire broke out a Viridor’s waste transfer station in Crawley, West Sussex, on Friday, after refuse in a waste lorry caught alight.

Norfolk County Council will continue sending its residual waste to Suffolk County Council’s Great Blakenham incinerator until 2020, while it considers a ‘sustainable long-term solution’ for its waste.

Gwynedd Council is extending its three-weekly waste collection service to residents in Meirionnydd next week, and to those in Arfon in November.