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Dispute over missed collection data dogs Surrey waste contractSubscription
Joint Waste Solutions and Amey have “differing views on the contract’s key performance indicators”
Tenders and contract wins round-up for 23 August 2019Subscription
Campaign seeks image and funding boost for regulationSubscription
No end in site for Scotland’s clinical waste crisisSubscription
Sellers Containers goes into administrationSubscription
Co-op calls on councils to clamp down on food wasteSubscription
Green light for Lancs county-scale EfW plantSubscription
EU law to tackle online sellers who dodge recycling dutiesSubscription
Trio sentenced over 'orchestrated dumping'Subscription
Plastic-to-hydrogen deal signed for £130mSubscription
Wheeled bins 'can cut workers health risks'Subscription
Industry to scrutinise waste sector deal proposalsSubscription
Zero carbon goal to drive sector M&A growthSubscription
Tenders and contract wins round-up for 9 August 2019Subscription
Welsh council clamps down on used nappies in recyclingSubscription
Campaigners warn against all single-use water bottlesSubscription
EU industry to miss PET recycling targetSubscription
Britaniacrest refutes anti-EfW campaignSubscription
Banks call halt to troubled Derby gasification projectSubscription
Tenders and contract wins round-up for 2 August 2019Subscription
Recycling rises in Northern IrelandSubscription
Rejected Veolia EfW leaves council 'running out' of optionsSubscription
Councils look for firms to take over troubled Sinfin EfW projectSubscription
Sri Lanka demands UK takes back wasteSubscription
Plastics tax 'should be £150 per tonne'Subscription
WRAP says urgent action needed on food production surplusSubscription
Brighton & Hove City Council avoids waste strikeSubscription
Producers argue against level of single recycled plastics tax Subscription
Defra to introduce DRS as respondents back 'all-in' schemeSubscription
ESA: Labour in-sourcing policy is 'ideology ahead of evidence'Subscription
WRAP funding offered for MRF upgrades Subscription
Tenders and contract wins round-up for 19 July 2019Subscription
Scottish MP condemns handling of former HES siteSubscription
New guidance is crucial to promote 'paradigm shift' in plastic packaging Subscription
Gove outlines support for all-in DRS Subscription
Huge cost increases in WEEE recycling due to regs shake-upSubscription
First commercial waste to jet fuel plant seeks approvalSubscription
New survey on sleeping in bins as problem persistsSubscription
Home WEEE storage blocking access to rare earth elements Subscription
West Midlands council-owned MRF a ‘win-win’Subscription
KBT calls for tougher fly-tipping penalties following caseSubscription
Tenders and contract wins round-up for 16 August 2019Subscription
Suspended jail term for Dudley waste directorsSubscription
MRW reader survey launchedSubscription
Council takes control of waste service from AmeySubscription
AD highlights role in fighting climate changeSubscription
Council and Veolia end contract over thwarted incineratorSubscription
UK recyclers ‘caught out’ by Indonesia waste export restrictionSubscription
Investigation absolves council for recycling bags found in MalaysiaSubscription
Fire hazard waste offender warned to expect stiff sentenceSubscription
'Explosive growth' in mattress recycling sector Subscription
Waste industry hit by a series of blazesSubscription
Firm fined over hand crushing incidentSubscription
Plastics recycling boosts Veolia profitsSubscription
Single-use plastic bags issued by retailers drops by a thirdSubscription
Scotland's DRS will make 'big difference' says ZWSSubscription
EA slammed over waste crime failingsSubscription
Industry reaction to Defra's consultation responsesSubscription
Survey cites public support for 'all-in' DRSSubscription
PRN data fears over plastic and aluminiumSubscription
Tenders and contract wins round-up for 26 July 2019Subscription
Theresa Villiers replaces Gove as environment secretarySubscription
Mandatory recycling labelling scheme on the cardsSubscription
Defra to mandate weekly separate food waste collectionsSubscription
Brighton waste strike to go ahead as talks failSubscription
MPs warn food waste collections will cost ‘many millions’Subscription
Waste sector round table concludes Gove 'unlikely to stay' Subscription
Lakeside EfW replacement validatedSubscription
PET recyclers point to 'endless reuse' of monomersSubscription
Public support for national recycling standard revealedSubscription
News round-up August 2019Subscription
EMR survey reveals need for recycling instructions; Cory featured on Channel 5; Reconomy on-site monitoring link-up with BRE; Clear way for glass to cement position
Commercial waste costs in the spotlightSubscription
Once the overall cost of waste disposal is highlighted to businesses, they want to do something about it.
Too many new-builds near waste sitesSubscription
Stephen Freeland on planning new housing developments
Strategy needs hard cash to back it upSubscription
Lee Marshall on the need for council recycling services to be properly funded
Transparency and clarity on standards are now essentialSubscription
What is clear after the recent Biffa prosecution is that now, more than ever, the regulatory agencies and the Government need to deliver absolute clarity
Recycling must be actually recycledSubscription
We’ve trusted separate recycling bins for years, but this has been dented by recent cases uncovered by Greenpeace
Analysis
Extent of slavery gangs blindsided unwary firmsSubscription
Prosecution of eight Polish nationals as part of the UK’s largest investigation into modern day slavery
Biffa’s contamination row with EA splits opinionSubscription
The prosecution of Biffa by the Environment Agency (EA) for attempting to export waste paper to China with a “totally unacceptable level of contamination” seems to have divided the sector
Latest Kit
Detecting tiny pieces of metal in strawsSubscription
Paper straws put through detector
Crawler's shear tackles tough demolition tasksSubscription
Mobile separation of all metalsSubscription
Food digested into waterSubscription
On-board alcohol testingSubscription
Moving billboards dealSubscription
Electric engine in wheelbaseSubscription
Pre-shredder optimised for all types of materialSubscription
Curtainsider loading from one sideSubscription
Carrying more recyclingSubscription
Strip shredding aids digestion rateSubscription
Trucks will be run for seven yearsSubscription
Bin has third wheel to manoeuvreSubscription
Tyre buy-back dealSubscription
Fine shreddings producedSubscription
Cameras help to cut claimsSubscription
Joining vehicle frameworkSubscription
Crane collects underground containersSubscription
Mini-excavators prove flexibleSubscription
Curved bin top deters dumpingSubscription
