The incoming government must take actions to improve planning if it is to transition to a sustainable economy, says an industry poll.

The Liberal Democrats would set a 70 per cent recycling target for England, and introduce an incineration tax, if they were voted into power.

Wakefield Council has postponed its new co-mingling service until summer, following delays to the delivery of equipment needed for the new service.

Biffa’s Chief Executive Ian Wakelin has suggested that the company may start a ‘small international business’ in the next two years and branch into energy-from-waste plants in the UK.

Viridor’s landfill in Ardley, Oxfordshire, has stopped accepting non-hazardous waste for disposal, while its Wangford site in Suffolk has closed all together.

There have been fires at five waste sites in the past five days, including some at facilities run by SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT and Recycling Lives.

Simon Weston, Director of Raw Materials at the Confederation of Paper Industries, delves in to the recyclate quality debate.

Wiltshire Police are seeking witnesses to an ‘altercation’ at Trowbridge Household Recycling Centre that saw one man injured.

A new trade association for the UK bioeconomy, the Biobased and Biodegradable Industries Association, will officially launch next month.

The Material Security Working Group has written an open letter to party leaders calling on them to ‘publicly commit’ to establishing an Office for Resource Management.