Barbora Vaclavova

Trade union Unite has said that its members in 23 local authorities were to begin strike action this week in a dispute over pay after rejecting an offer of £1,925.

Suez UK has announced the start of its municipal collection and street cleansing contract with Milton Keynes city council, which commenced yesterday (4 September).

The Recycling Association has warned that the planned changes to waste exemptions that would see sites having to apply for a new permit could ‘severely harm’ recycling companies across the UK.

Essex county council has awarded Indaver with a contract to treat 6,500 tonnes of waste containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) valued at £910,000.

Hampshire county council has granted Veolia planning permission to build an anaerobic digester at the Alton materials recovery facility (MRF) site subject to a number of planning conditions.

With news on: Oxford to remove bring banks; recycling technique used for road maintenance; Kingston switches to all-electric waste fleet; and, Tower Hamlets brings Bywaters in amid strike.

The European waste incineration network is at overcapacity and a moratorium on new incinerators should be considered, a report by environmental network Zero Waste Europe has suggested.

Perth and Kinross council has awarded Smurfit Kappa one lot of a contract for the processing of mixed paper and cardboard valued at £2.5 million.

Findings of research commissioned by Biffa show that sustainability is a priority for most large construction businesses surveyed, but the sector still faces challenges.

With news on: Suez UK rolls out defibrillators across sites nationwide; Geminor reaches milestone of 100 employees; DDRS solution ‘must avoid unnecessary cost and manual labour’; UKVIA to launch vape recycling info hub; and, Axil announces EcoVadis silver standard.