21 September 2017
Birmingham waste strike on hold following court ruling
Birmingham city council's refuse collection will suspend strike action, following a High Court ruling over redunancies yesterday (20 September). Trade union Unite, which represents the workers, announced that the High Court ...
21 September 2017
Tesco suppliers to publish food waste data
Tesco has announced ‘ground-breaking’ partnerships with suppliers, which will involve the publication of food waste data throughout the supply chain. The retailer has announced partnership agreements with 24 of its largest ...
21 September 2017
London’s waste ‘could rise by 1 million tonnes’
The volume of waste collected by local authorities in London could rise by up to 1 million tonnes per year if the population grows as expected over the next three decades. This is among the headline figures in a report published ...
20 September 2017
Two suffer ‘serious injuries’ in Nottingham AD blast
Two men have suffered serious injuries in a gas explosion at an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Nottinghamshire today (20 September), emergency services have said. The incident occurred at a site operated by food waste recycler...
20 September 2017
Veolia targets ‘high quality’ HDPE at Dagenham bottle plant
Veolia officially reopened the plastic milk bottle reprocessing plant in Dagenham yesterday (19 September), which the company has said will produce around 10,000 tonnes of high quality food grade HDPE pellets annually. The ...
20 September 2017
Agency to consult on ‘risk-based’ regulation in 2018
Planned changes to the way that fees for compliance with environmental permitting regulations are assessed have been pushed back to 2018, the Environment Agency has confirmed. The Agency has been considering changes to its ...
20 September 2017
Viridor highlights EfW investment in sustainability report
Viridor has outlined its continued investment in energy recovery facilities, in the company’s latest sustainability report, released this week. In its Sustainability Report 2017, the waste and resources management ...
19 September 2017
Bradford to sign ‘milestone’ 12-year waste contract
Bradford council will reach a “major milestone” on Thursday (21 September) as it signs a 12-year contract for waste treatment with Associated Waste Management (AWM). The Yorkshire-based company was named in April as the ...
19 September 2017
HSE outlines safety plan for waste and recycling sector
The Health and Safety Executive has targeted a reduction in injuries and fatalities to waste workers caused by moving machinery, in its latest plan for the sector. HSE has published sector plans this week (18 September) for 19 ...
Birmingham waste strike on hold following court ruling https://t.co/kx68HPz9TL
Tesco suppliers to publish food waste data https://t.co/Iv5BL3ux5I @Tesco
London’s waste ‘could rise by 1 million tonnes’ https://t.co/UmVpAVG3me
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