The London Assembly Environment Committee is calling on the Mayor of London to ensure greater funding for food waste collections and lobby for the Landfill Tax to be devolved to the capital.

Stroud District Council is submitting a legal challenge to Eric Pickles regarding his decision to approve plans for the Javelin Park incinerator, as councillors at Gloucestershire County Council call for the contract to be cancelled.

South Lakeland District Council has been fined £120,000 for safety failings after two women were killed by reversing rubbish trucks in one year.

The London Waste and Recycling Board and WRAP are to launch a new recycling support programme for London waste authorities.

Norfolk County Council calls on Eric Pickles to reimburse the taxpayer £34 million following the revelation that the Planning Inspector had approved plans for the Kings Lynn incinerator in September 2013.

Hertfordshire County Council cracks down on ‘misuse’ of household waste recycling centres by introducing van permits.

The Merseyside Waste & Recycling Authority is offering voluntary groups and social enterprises a share of a £110,000 Community Fund pot to deliver green projects

New figures from Defra show that, between April and June 2014, local authorities in England recycled more organic waste than dry recyclables for the first time.

Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion councils have become the first Welsh local authorities to let contracts under a new waste framework agreement developed with Eunomia.

Zero Waste Scotland has awarded Scottish Borders Council with a £250,000 funding package to assist with the launch of its new food waste collection service.