A report recommending refusal of an application for the creation of a 1,000,000m3 facility for the disposal of low level and very low level radioactive waste over an operational life of 50 years has been placed before Cumbria County Council.
Waste advisory body WRAP has issued new guidance encouraging local authorities to increase their ability to recycle rigid plastic packaging separately from plastic bottles - but only once they have established that recycling companies in their area can process the more complex plastics involved.
The Planning Inspector has upheld EA Wales's decision to revoke waste permits belonging to a North Wales builder and waste contractor after he consistently failed to obey enforcement notices for a string of offences.
A man from Leeds has been sent to prison for 12 months for illegally dumping thousands of tyres at an airfield near York, a wood, and other locations.
The Princess Royal has officially opened Cory Environmental's Riverside Resource Recovery (RRR) plant in London, which, with an output of 66MW, is currently the largest EfW plant in the UK.
The meaning of 'zero waste', whether the waste industry is part of the green economy, and the future of waste planning and local authority waste services are all due to be key subjects of debate at the CIWM annual conference in London in June.
Cumbria County Council has considered a recommendation to allow the relocation of a waste recycling facility and the extension of the site to enable the disposal of waste in the southern part of Goldmire Quarry.
Lincolnshire County Council has approved an application for a household waste recycling centre (HWRC) subject to a legal agreement requiring road signage and funding for highway maintenance.
Lincolnshire County Council has allowed a proposal to continue a composting operation at Sturgate Airfield.
A controversial application for a waste transfer station (WTS) at Halton East Works has been allowed by North Yorkshire County Council.
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