Around 40 firefighters are tackling a blaze at JWS Waste’s recycling site in Salford, in the latest fire incident to hit the waste and resources industry.

A round-up of business news from the waste and resources sector, including Viridor landfill fire, Jayplas appointments, and Ed Davey cardboard cutouts.

Angus Evers from King & Wood Mallesons explains Defra’s latest proposals on waste crime

Jonathan Essex, Chair of South East Green Party and a councillor at Surrey County Council, is calling on the council to halt its incineration plans and invest in recycling.

FCC Environment has been awarded a seven-year contract to operate Torfaen’s household waste recycling centre and waste transfer station.

The EC will launch the roadmap for its Circular Economy Package ‘within the next few weeks’, and consult on the topic ‘before summer’, according to Director-General for Environment Karl Falkenberg.

A round-up of news from the waste and resource industry, including Bryson Recycling, CDEnviro, and CEPI.

The Teesside Construction Committee is to protest on Saturday (18 April) over perceived discrimination against local workers by SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT.

The incoming government must take actions to improve planning if it is to transition to a sustainable economy, says an industry poll.

The Liberal Democrats would set a 70 per cent recycling target for England, and introduce an incineration tax, if they were voted into power.