Cheshire East Council has partnered with Storengy to secure funding towards a £1 million scheme for hydrogen-powered refuse vehicles.

First West of England is launching a fleet of 77 bio-methane powered buses in Bristol, drawing fuel from a new £2-million gas filling station at the company’s Lawrence Hill depot.

75 repair cafés around the country will be running simultaneous community events as part of the UK’s largest nationwide repair project this Saturday.

An independent review of Birmingham City Council’s waste services recommends that the council introduce a weekly separate food waste collection, while criticising the council’s poor communication with residents and insufficient operational oversight of its waste depots.

Unite, the trade union, has balloted its members working as refuse workers in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets for strike action over unpaid holiday pay arrears, warning that bin collections and street cleaning services could stop “imminently”.

The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has launched the first-ever ‘Low Plastic Zone’ in Cowcross Street in Islington today (5 February).

The government has reintroduced the Environment Bill to Parliament today (30 January), including new commitments to ban the export of plastic waste to developing countries and to review international developments in environmental legislation every two years.

Resource London has today (29 January) revealed a list of measures that could increase recycling rates in London flats by 26 per cent through simple solutions such as providing residents with clear information and ensuring that bins are emptied and cleaned regularly.

Switching the UK’s diesel-powered refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) for electric trucks could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 290,000 tonnes of CO2 each year, according to a new report from Eunomia Research and Consulting.

A new report from the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has found a positive association between separate food waste collection schemes and lower total food waste arisings.