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

An inquest into the death of a man who was killed in an industrial shredder at MID UK Recycling’s Grantham facility in Lincolnshire, has ruled the incident as ‘accidental’.

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.

Food reduction specialist Winnow Solutions claims that up to £75 million could be saved on public food expenses and reinvested in public services following the latest government cuts.

Around 75 firefighters are tackling a fire involving 4,000 bales of mixed household waste and shredded carpets at MID UK Recycling’s waste site in Ancaster, Lincolnshire.

New WRAP report finds local authorities paid a median fee of £6 for every tonne of waste sent to material recovery facilities in 2014/15, but that some councils pay MRFs to take material, while others are paid for it.

The rising cost of landfill disposal has been a main contributing factor to the 'sudden emergence' of the English RDF export market, according to the Environment Agency.

UK-based start-up organisations focused on ‘turning waste into a resource’ are being urged to apply to The Green Alley Award 2015, which aims to develop circular economy businesses.

A round-up of waste and resources news, including an award-winning bike renovation scheme and a consultation on a new weekly recycling service in Rochdale.