Leading figures in local authority recycling have called for producers to contribute more to recycling the products they put onto market at a panel conducted by the Environmental Audit Committee.

The GMWDA has started looking for a new contractor for Greater Manchester, following the breakdown of its landmark PFI contract last month.

The government has responded to EFRA’s ‘Food Waste in England’ report and acknowledges that while more needs to be done to tackle food waste, a mandatory approach is not currently being considered for England.

Local waste management company Casepak has been awarded a contract to handle 64,000 tonnes of Leicestershire County Council’s dry mixed recyclables.

Cory Riverside Energy has dismissed reports in the national press that its East London Belvedere incinerator has been put up for sale by the company's owners for more than £1 billion, a decision that some outlets have suggested could start a bidding war among Chinese suitors.

Yotta research has found that traditional fixed-line phones are still the preferred method of reporting missing bins.

SUEZ and Unite have reached an agreement that will see SUEZ suspend its plans to serve compulsory redundancies to refuse workers for at least a year following successful negotiations.

As research shows a third of young North Londoners don’t recycle, a new campaign goes back to the future in order to ‘Save Our Stuff’.

McDonald’s, Starbucks and Greggs are among the 14 organisations that have committed to working towards a long-term and nationwide paper cup recycling solution, funding recycling programme run by ACE UK.

The Mayor of London’s draft Environment Strategy for London must put more emphasis on waste avoidance and reducing single-use packaging, according to the London Waste and Recycling Board.