The Environment Agency (EA) has published its annual Regulating for People, Environment and Growth (RPEG) report.

Anthesis and Topolytics are set to each receive £500,000 of funding as part of the government’s GovTech Catalyst fund, which supports the development of innovative solutions for public sector challenges.

The government has laid out its legislative plans for waste and recycling in the coming Parliament in today’s (14 October) Queen’s Speech, including extended producer responsibility (EPR) and a deposit return scheme (DRS).

Waste management company Biffa has been ordered to pay £599,812 for sending contaminated household waste to China, breaching waste export regulations.

A former Northumberland-based recycling business and its director have been ordered to pay £54,365 in fines after being found guilty of breaching waste regulations.

A man from High Wycombe has been fined after being caught on CCTV dumping three tipper-truck loads of waste in north London.

A new report from textile reuse charity TRAID has revealed that two thirds of textile bank users are unaware that many clothing banks are run by commercial operators.

After being convicted of breaching waste export regulations in June for sending contaminated waste to China, Biffa has announced that it will be appealing the court’s decision and contests the latest charges against it relating to the export of waste to Indonesia and India.

A convicted waste criminal will now serve a total of 16 years after failing to pay back £1.3 million.

A Manchester couple pleaded guilty at Stockport Magistrates Court for failing to dispose of waste correctly and have been fined over £1,300.