Potters Waste Management has won a five-year deal to become the sole contractor for household waste recycling centres in Powys.

Viridor has agreed to send air pollution control residues from its incineration facilities to Carbon8 Aggregates Ltd for recycling.

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Recycling firm Recresco has been fined £50,000 for safety failings after a worker lost his hand when it became trapped in an unguarded conveyor belt.

As waste site fires increasingly hit headlines, Mark Andrews, Waste Fires Lead at the Chief Fire Officers Association, outlines how members of the waste industry can reduce the risk of fire.

Southern Plastics Recycling Ltd has been fined £1,500 for violating health and safety regulations after a worker was injured falling from an industrial waste bin.

Bunzl Catering Supplies, Benders Paper Cups and BASIS have joined the Simply Cups paper cup recycling service, which now includes five additional materials.

Plastics 2020 and WRAP have launched the Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan at the Plastics Recycling Expo in Telford.

Environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy is launching its Centre for Social Innovation to develop new approaches to solving litter and waste problems.

The European Commission has launched a consultation on ‘the nature and the extent of regulatory failures causing undue distortions to EU waste markets for recycling and recovery’.