Firefighters have tackled several fires at recycling sites over the Easter bank holiday, including one in Essex and one in Rotherham.

A round-up of news from the waste and resource sector, including ERP, Foresight Group, DWP, and Clean Britain.

Manchester City Council has awarded Biffa an eight-year contract to deliver waste collection and street cleaning services.

Landfill tax has risen to £82.60 and loss-on-ignition testing is now in effect, as the UK enters a new tax year.

Unite union members working at Smurfit Kappa in Northampton begin 48-hour strike after two members were allegedly fired for confronting the company about contract issues.

The Resource Association is calling on the next government to implement a new Resource Management and Circular Economy Act to improve resource efficiency and waste policy.

Catia Bastioli, Novamont CEO, argues that we must take more of a systematic approach to industrial policy, and take better care of our soil, the forgotten non-renewable resource.

Bakers Waste Services Ltd has been ordered to pay £15,577 for safety failings after a worker sustained serious leg injuries from a cardboard baler.

Chris Dow, Chief Executive of plastics reprocessing company Closed Loop Recycling, has said that the company will “inevitably go into administration” without government or industry support.

The Business Secretary Vince Cable has officially opened Ward Recycling Ltd’s new glass clean-up extension at its Middlesbrough recycling facility.