The Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland has recommended the Northern Ireland Environment Agency develop a ‘more rigorous’ approach to dealing with environmental crime.

Dounreay Site Restoration Limited has begun storing low-level radioactive waste from Dounreay Power Plant in new vaults at Caithness, Scotland.

Waste management company Alex Smiles Ltd has entered into administration after having its environmental permit suspended, with 50 staff being made redundant.

A van used to illegally dump waste has been crushed by Croydon Council and displayed across the borough as a ‘warning’ to other potential fly-tippers.

The Resource Association has issued an open call to Prime Minister David Cameron to turn his ideas for ‘blue-collar Conservatism’ into ‘green-collar Conservatism for the green economy’.

The North London Waste Authority has launched a public consultation on its plans to develop a combined heat and power incinerator at Edmonton EcoPark in Enfield, London.

Waste management company Biffa has reportedly appointed financial advisory group Rothschild to prepare its listing for a public stock floatation next year.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Keep Britain Tidy, Biogen, EPRO, and ReFood.

Members of the workers’ union GMB will protest for second time on Saturday (16 May) over ‘discrimination’ against Teesside workers by SITA SEMBCORP UK.

The joint conference between CIWM, ESA and the Resource Association is to consider the gap between the waste sector’s circular economy ambitions and the reality influenced by austerity.