Veolia launches PPE treatment service

Waste management company Veolia has launched a service  for the collection and treatment of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus pandemic. Designed to maintain health and safety requirements and developed by...

Disruption to food collections easing, survey finds

Disruption to food waste collections in England appears to be easing, with 90% of respondents to a weekly survey on council waste services reporting that the service is operating as normal. This marks an increase of 20% from the ...

Cardiff’s recycling to ‘return to normal’

Cardiff council has announced that collections of kerbside recycling and food waste will no longer be sent for energy recovery from next month. In April, the Welsh local authority announced that all recyclables except for garden ...

WISH updates Covid-19 advice for fourth time

The UK’s Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) Forum’s guidance document for managing coronavirus risks for waste management activities has been updated for the fourth time. Released late on Friday (15 May), the fifth ...

Recognition of waste sector ‘could become permanent’

The waste sector continues to gain recognition for its work in the municipal frontline during the coronavirus outbreak, with communications experts suggesting that public recognition could become a permanent feature of the pandemic.  

‘No reason in law why HWRCs cannot be open’ – Defra

There is “no reason in law” why household waste recycling centres cannot be open, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs declared today (5 May). Strengthening its stance of “encouraging” local authorities...

WasteCare highlights need for clean workplaces

With the end of the coronavirus lockdown nearly in sight, the chairman of Leeds-based specialist waste management firm WasteCare has highlighted the importance of making sure workplaces and other areas of buildings are clean. ...

CIWM ‘pleased’ with Waste Support progress