Scottish Borders Council has announced it is terminating its 24-year waste treatment contract with New Earth Solutions, following policy changes and development issues.

A round-up of waste and recycling news, including Northamptonshire County Council, Amey, Axion Polymers and O2.

Police are calling for witnesses to a vehicle collision that happened in Essex on Wednesday, which resulted in the death of a Thurrock Council refuse worker.

Summer recycling rates in Wales hit record highs of 58 per cent in 2014, according to figures released by the Welsh Government today (19 February).

The London Assembly Environment Committee is calling on the Mayor of London to ensure greater funding for food waste collections and lobby for the Landfill Tax to be devolved to the capital.

Stroud District Council is submitting a legal challenge to Eric Pickles regarding his decision to approve plans for the Javelin Park incinerator, as councillors at Gloucestershire County Council call for the contract to be cancelled.

South Lakeland District Council has been fined £120,000 for safety failings after two women were killed by reversing rubbish trucks in one year.

The London Waste and Recycling Board and WRAP are to launch a new recycling support programme for London waste authorities.

Norfolk County Council calls on Eric Pickles to reimburse the taxpayer £34 million following the revelation that the Planning Inspector had approved plans for the Kings Lynn incinerator in September 2013.

Hertfordshire County Council cracks down on ‘misuse’ of household waste recycling centres by introducing van permits.