18 April 2019Essex advised to reject second Rivenhall EfW plan
EXCLUSIVE: Councillors on Essex county council’s development committee are being advised to reject planning permission for a second version of the Rivenhall waste management facility. And, Essex county council has today denied ...
18 April 2019Aberdeenshire to roll-out HWRC changes
Aberdeenshire council has stated that changes to its Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs) – which were announced in its waste strategy – will be introduced this month. The changes see three sites with the lowest ...
17 April 2019Fire-hit Westhampnett HWRC to partially reopen
A fire-hit West Sussex HWRC site is to partially reopen from tomorrow (18 April), but plans are being drawn up for the long-term rebuilding of the facility. The fire at the Viridor-run HWRC site at Westhampnett, which was believed...
16 April 2019Birmingham to move ahead with waste service review
Birmingham city council is to press ahead with a review of its waste service, after the council’s Scrutiny Committee voted against calling the decision in last week (12 April). The review had been questioned by the Labour ...
16 April 2019Rural council funding ‘concern’ over Resources Strategy
Officers from a Yorkshire local authority have questioned how funding for recycling services will be divided between rural and urban authorities through the government’s Resources and Waste Strategy. Concerns over the way that ...
16 April 2019FCC picks up East Lothian residual waste contract
FCC Environment has been awarded a contract worth up to £33 million for the treatment of residual waste on behalf of East Lothian council. The contract, which runs for a total of ten years, will see FCC handle between 25,000 to ...
15 April 2019Pembrokeshire to check HWRC residual waste
Pembrokeshire county council in south Wales has announced that residents bringing waste to its six Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs) will be asked to demonstrate that they are not disposing of recyclable items. The...
15 April 2019The Value of Challenge
OPINION: Robin Davies, Business Development Director at Serco Environmental Services, takes a look at the role of competition in relation to local authority waste and recycling contracts. The ...
12 April 2019Banks asked to intervene over Sinfin EfW plant
Derbyshire and Derby councils have called for financial backers of the Sinfin waste treatment centre to intervene to 'secure the future' of the delayed facility. The plant, which was due to open in 2017, is being built on the ...
Ipswich drops commingled organics service - https://t.co/bNhmxGcAJM
Murrays takes over disability equipment reuse service - https://t.co/eW6R7YMPHT
Delay Scottish landfill ban, suggests CIWM - https://t.co/vADXDOAvVb
