By Dan Cooke, Director of Policy, Communications and External Affairs at CIWM. When organisations think about climate action, the conversation often centres on energy efficiency, renewable power and reducing carbon emissions from transport. These are all important priorities, but they ...

Milton Keynes City Council has appointed SUEZ as the new operator of the Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park (MKWRP), which processes the city’s household rubbish and turns waste that can’t be recycled into sustainable energy. The new 10‑year contract, valued ...

Mitie has been awarded a three-year facilities management contract, valued at £27 million, with Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust, which will see Mitie delivering intelligence-led cleaning, portering and waste management services at Kingston Hospital. Mitie will introduce smart portering ...

Veolia has won a two-year contract to provide recycling and waste management services on behalf of Isle of Wight Council. The contract which commenced on 1 April 2026 encompasses residual waste treatment, management of other material streams including dry recycling, ...

Veolia has launched a new global offering to “revolutionise” the future of the data centre industry. Data Center Resource 360 has been designed to address the critical environmental and operational challenges facing the rapidly expanding digital infrastructure sector, while supporting the ...

Alan Cooper, Founder of Waste to Wonder Worldwide awarded an OBE for services to charity and sustainability on moving from waste management compliance to resource stewardship For over two decades, I have worked closely with FM professionals, workplace leaders, and ...

CIWM (Chartered Institution of Wastes Management) and URGE Collective, a creative industries collective dedicated to system change, have announced many of the UK’s leading waste management companies, including Biffa, SUEZ and DS Smith, will be supporting their Design Skills for ...

Regulatory reform, digital oversight, and growing expectations around sustainability are actively reshaping how waste is collected, treated, tracked, and reported in 2026. Graham Flynn, Managing Director of independent healthcare waste management company, Anenta, outlines the key trends for the waste ...

The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has partnered with Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) in support of the newly established Change Network, aimed at facilitating the implementation of Simpler Recycling in England. From 31 March 2026, ...

Forest Green Rovers, the world’s greenest football club, has partnered with plant-based compostable food packaging business, Vegware, and Grundon Waste Management, to transform matchday packaging into a closed-loop composting system. Introduced this month, fans at Forest Green Rovers are now enjoying their ...