14 January 2019Defra offers funding to food redistribution schemes
The government has invited food redistribution organisations to apply for a share of £5 million in funding as part of a pilot scheme to reduce food waste. Redistribution organisations in England can submit bids for funds to “...
11 January 2019Companies vie for Essex organic waste work
Essex county council and Southend-on-Sea borough council have taken steps forward in the award of contracts to handle garden and food waste worth up to £32 million. Nine companies have been appointed to a framework of providers ...
7 January 2019Lincs councils to consider food waste collections
Lincolnshire councils are expected to consider the introduction of separate food waste collections as part of a new long-term waste strategy for the region which is being finalised. Currently being adopted by Lincolnshire councils...
4 January 2019Fire services monitoring Envar Composting fire
Fire services are continuing to monitor a fire at Envar Composting in Cambridgeshire which has been ongoing since New Year’s Eve (31 December). Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service was initially called to the site in ...
4 January 2019News in Brief (04/01/2019)
With news on: Defra's food waste champion; penalty for organic waste pollution, and; stadium waste contract for Bristol firm.
18 December 2018Strategy: Defra sets out food waste actions
Defra has set out its aim for every household in England and many businesses to have a weekly separate food waste collection in place from 2023. The measure – which is subject to consultation – is laid out in the environment ...
17 December 2018Gove to face Creagh after resources strategy launch
Secretary of state for the environment, Michael Gove is to be questioned in Parliament this week on the new Resources and Waste Strategy, just 24 hours after it is published. The strategy is out tomorrow (18 December) and will ...
11 December 2018Strategy ‘will require’ separate food waste collection
EXCLUSIVE: Defra’s Resources and Waste Strategy will require separate food waste collections. That was the announcement today from Graham Stuart, minister for investment at the Department for International Trade who was the ...
11 December 2018ReFood calls for uniform collections
ReFood is calling on district councils to implement uniform recycling collections in 2019, including separate ones for food waste, after proposals were rejected by the Local Government Association (LGA) earlier this year. “The ...
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