Hampshire County Council has urged residents to only book a slot at a Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) if they intend to use it.

Professor Stephen Jenkinson provides an overview of the UK’s biowaste treatment system and what the priorities for Defra should be as the UK moves towards mandatory separate collections of biowaste.

Waste management company Veolia has won a six-year contract by Norfolk County Council to treat 180,000 tonnes of waste per year.

Northacre Renewable Energy Limited (NREL) has submitted a renewed planning application to Wiltshire Council to build a £200-million energy-from-waste (EfW) facility in Westbury.

Communal food waste bins are set to be removed from flats in north west Glasgow from 10 August onwards, following a review into the service.

Re-Gen Waste says the government’s plans to scrap the lower rate of fuel duty on red diesel will increase its fuel costs by 237 per cent, more than tripling council waste bills.

The latest ADEPT survey finds most waste collection services are now returning to normal after Covid-19.

ADEPT’s Covid-19 impacts survey reveals that 16 per cent of councils are experiencing severe disruption to commercial waste collection services, up from no accounts of severe disruption in the last survey, though other services are continuing their return to normal.

With only four per cent of soft flexible plastic packaging currently recycled, a new roadmap has been released by WRAP to create a circular economy for these materials.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Ecosurety, Renewi, Carbios, SUEZ and the BMRA.