4 March 2021Mandatory food waste service ‘to boost investment’
Questions about whether England would have the capacity to treat a potential influx of food waste once separate food waste collections become mandatory, were raised at the National Food Waste Conference yesterday (3 March). ...
4 March 2021Urbaser takes over Eden contract from Amey
Urbaser's commercial waste arm, Urbaser Ltd Commercial Services (ULCS), has taken over the provision of trade waste collection services in Eden district in Cumbria as of 1 March. The contract is just one of several Urbaser ...
4 March 2021Coral Products sells part of business and acquires CPL
Coral Products announced yesterday (3 March) that it completed the acquisition of Customised Packaging Limited (CPL) for £1.25 million. And, the plastic moulding specialist also announced that it completed the sale of Coral ...
4 March 2021Red diesel tax hike to go ahead for waste sector
The Treasury has said it has not found “compelling evidence” that scrapping the lower rate of fuel duty on red diesel from April 2022 will increase the cost of recycling. Some in the waste sector had warned the Treasury that the fuel cost...
3 March 2021England’s 2019/20 recycling rate inches up
England’s household waste recycling rate for the 2019/20 financial year has risen by 0.4% to 45.5%, data published by Defra today (3 March) has shown. The figures also show that Three Rivers district council in Hertfordshire was...
3 March 2021Three Rivers confirmed as 2019/20 recycling champion
Three Rivers district council in Hertfordshire was officially the best local authority at recycling in 2019/20, figures published by Defra today (3 March) confirmed. The council’s household waste recycling rate rose from 63% in ...
3 March 2021Biffa revenues recover to 97% in third quarter
Biffa said in a trading update this morning (3 March) that its performance has “continued to be ahead of its expectations”, with the impact of the third lockdown on earnings less severe than originally anticipated. The update ...
3 March 2021WEEE targets missed again in 2020
Targets for the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) were missed for the fourth consecutive year, data published by the Environment Agency on 1 March confirmed. Data covering the final quarter of 2020 ...
2 March 2021Surveys launched to assess waste sector regulation
Two surveys have been launched to assess regulation in the waste industry, and how it can be improved. The Environment Agency launched a survey yesterday (1 March), which will run until the 22 March, to assess how regulation can ...
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