Most Scottish Household Waste and Recycling Centres reopened with restrictions yesterday prompting long queues, meaning one centre had to close briefly.

London Circular Economy Week begins this week to share knowledge on how circularity can assist in tackling the climate emergency.

Collection figures for household waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) released today (1 June) by the Environment Agency (EA) for the first quarter of 2020 are slightly ahead of 2020 targets.

The government has told local authorities that there will be no flexibility in the recyclable materials that they will be required to collect from households under collections consistency plans, but there may be room for manoeuvre on how those materials are collected.

Local governments and waste management companies have a wealth of digital technologies at their fingertips. Mark Abbas, Director of Business Development at cloud technology company AMCS, explains how smart approaches can be employed to improve waste collections efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions.

Over half of Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs) have now reopened, though with significant disruption, according to the latest Covid-19 local authority impacts survey, as the number of councils providing normal food waste and garden waste collection services increases.

Weekly kerbside collections for recyclables and food waste will resume service from 1 June, Cardiff City Council has announced.

Sheffield City Council has implored members of the public to respect waste operatives at Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs) after reports of abuse have surfaced, warning they risk closure if abuse continues.

Scottish councils are planning to reopen Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs) on 1 June, according to the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA).

A pay dispute between refuse workers in Wirral belonging to the trade union Unite and waste management company Biffa Waste Services has been settled after workers agreed to an improved pay offer.