Waste news
Nature park opened on landfill site
Sir David Attenborough officially opens a nature park on a restored landfill site in Thurrock
New peak reached for recycling rate
England’s household waste recycling rate reached a new high of 47% between July and September 2012, according to provisional figures.
FCC harvests first landfill energy crop
Waste management company FCC Environment has harvested its first biomass crops grown on restored landfill and quarry sites.
Complaints over landfill reduce if residents are compensated
People living close to municipal waste sites are less likely to complain if they are better informed about the facilities and have “received economic compensation”, research has suggested.
Labour 'not backtracking' on material bans from landfill
Shadow waste minister Gavin Shuker has defended the omission of a ban on specific materials from landfill in the party’s recent policy review for the sector.
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Northern Ireland discards and buries less
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Palm begins Hartlepool contract
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Procurements may thwart single NI waste body
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FCC Environment's EfW contract signed at last
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UK shines amid SITA European gloom
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'Worst council' switches to Biffa to boost recycling
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Labour's waste review considers its ambitions
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Scotland to take on its landfill tax
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Call to ditch disposable nappies
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Waste exposed at coastal sites due to erosion by sea
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Telford waste firm to close
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FCC offers business recycling service
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Government must focus on waste prevention, says CIWEM
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Industry boss urges SMEs to recycle
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Consumer giant heads for zero to landfill
Features
Technology is winning recovery war
Luke Coyle, sales and marketing manager with McDonald International, discusses the processing of commercial and industrial waste using modern techniques and what recovery rates are achievable
MP on the front line
John Pugh, MP for Southport, explains what insight he has gained from his placement with waste management company FCC Environment
