Recycling collections are set to return to parts of Birmingham next month as the city council launches a new waste improvement pilot.

Bio Capital has secured an agreement with Darlington Borough Council to process household food waste from 54k homes across the borough.

Scotland-based plastics recycling technology company ReVentas has signed an engineering and licensing alliance with KBR.

The cardboard waste fire that broke out at a recycling facility in Widnes last month was most likely caused by a damaged lithium-ion battery.

A “serious incident” involving a refuse truck and a member of the public took place in Bristol yesterday, Bristol Waste Company has confirmed.