Waste & recycling

The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has announced the formation of a new Strategic Expert Group on the Climate Emergency to oversee and guide its work in this area. The Institution has also launched its Net Zero Roadmap, which ...

Northern Trains and waste management partner Biffa are deploying smart bin sensors to help increase recycling and support sustainability at 70 stations across the Northeast. Manufactured in the UK by IoT Solutions Group, these sensors give Northern Trains real-time recycling ...

New research from waste management firm, Biffa, has found that whilst SMEs are keen to be more sustainable some are struggling to make changes like recycling. The survey of over 1,000 small to medium-sized businesses in the UK revealed 59 ...

Amberol, who are known for manufacturing self-watering planters and street furniture, has joined Leafield Environmental as part of an acquisition completed this month (June), bringing together a talented team with over 80 years of experience in the field of manufacturing ...

Ecoserv Group is launching a managed service to help customers meet their waste and recycling commitments. The multi-discipline facilities management company has partnered with GPT Waste, a leading independent provider of waste management solutions across the UK to deliver a highly ...

Have you ever wondered how waste gets eaten? Mixed Residual Waste (arising from Commercial and Trade premises) cannot be recycled conventionally due to contamination. So what can be done to bring it back into the circular economy? How can we ...

The end-to-end waste management, treatment and recycling company has appointed Samer Kamal as the company’s inaugural Chief Sustainability Officer. This new C-Suite position has been created to accelerate Averda’s ‘Renew24’ corporate strategy, which sees the company focus even further on ...

National recycling and waste management provider, Biffa, has received a series of unsolicited and indicative takeover proposals from private equity firm, Energy Capital Partners (ECP), which values the company at £1.36 billion. ECP’s proposal is in respect of a possible ...

Business leaders from across the the £58.9 billion cleaning, hygiene and waste industry have accused the Government of “ignoring and overlooking” one of the top 10 biggest industries in the UK. Over two years, the British Cleaning Council (BCC), which ...

Biffa has been appointed as the official waste management and recycling provider for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The event, which is expected to attract more than one million spectators to the city, will take place across the West Midlands ...