Private equity firm KKR is preparing to sell its UK-based recycling group Viridor, five years after acquisition.

OPINION: Private equity investment in the UK’s recycling sector has reached unprecedented levels in recent years, prompting ...

A County Durham waste management company has been fined after an employee was run over by an excavator two weeks into his ...

The Bank of England has warned that the rollout of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is expected to add strain on food price inflation.

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycler Enviroo has secured £58 million in funding for a plastic recycling plant, located ...

Online marketplaces must report all household electricals from non-UK suppliers under WEEE rules that came into force today ...

Live shotgun cartridges have been discovered among household batteries at Portlethen recycling centre on 23 July 2025.

James McLeary, Managing Director of Biffa Polymers, looks at how to save the UK plastics industry at a time of plant closures ...

Sustane Technologies has signed a long-term offtake agreement with chemical manufacturer BASF for the supply of pyrolysis oil.

Wastecare has acquired waste management business Cleaneco Group, aiming to expand its capabilities and service range across the UK.

The Woodhorn Group has signed an eight-year deal with Biffa to process up to 30,000 tonnes of green waste in West Sussex.

Progress is slow,” is the assessment from WRAP as the UN’s latest global plastics treaty negotiations (INC-5.2) continue in ...