Procurement process begins to find new contractor to deliver Somerset’s ‘Recycle More’ model to the county’s 250,000 households.

The government has launched a public consultation on new stronger guidance for councils regarding the ‘proportionate and effective’ use of penalties for littering.

A new policy paper from LARAC, released today (11 April), calls on the government to introduce direct charging for household waste collections and PRN reform to increase recycling and tackle the funding crisis crippling UK local authorities.

The ESA has launched a campaign to promote the use of outsourcing by councils as a way to make cost savings and drive innovation in waste service delivery.

Strike action involving 65 waste workers in Thurrock council has been called off after the management made concessions on the use of ‘big brother style’ cameras.

The cost of contaminated recycling has been brought into sharp relief by Suffolk County Council, which has reported losses of £550,000 a year due to people putting recycling in the wrong bins.

Waste workers employed by Thurrock council are set to strike from 12 April in a dispute caused by what has been dubbed the ‘rubbish management’ of the council’s waste collection service.

A deposit return scheme for drinks containers will be introduced in England later this year subject to the results of a consultation, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed today (28 March).

Shops and businesses across London have signed up to take part in a trial scheme that offers free tap water ‘refills’ to members of the public as part of the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s efforts to tackle single-use plastic waste.

Wales could be set to target an 80 per cent municipal waste recycling rate by 2035, according to Welsh Minister for Environment Hannah Blythyn at the CIWM Resource Conference Cymru yesterday (14 March).