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AWS sets out recovery plans after fire to Lincolnshire recycling plant - 27 Aug 2009
Fire causes "frustration" after company is approved to produce food grade recycled plastic

Biffa proposals help kick off Leicestershire PFI race - 26 Aug 2009
Plans for a facility in Shedshed could help power up to 42,000 homes

Yorkshire 'recycling village' expands - 26 Aug 2009
A new contact will see bottom ash from Sheffield incinerator recycled at Beely Wood

Brazil waste back in UK for disposal - 26 Aug 2009
Illegally exported waste containers return after three arrests in Wiltshire

Budget Pack and B2B Compliance team up as market consolidates - 26 Aug 2009
Two compliance schemes join forces

Landfill gas scheme to power Scottish homes - 26 Aug 2009

Consumers call for resealable packaging - 26 Aug 2009

Retailers call for fridge scrappage scheme - 19 Aug 2009
The BRC calls for a scrappage-style scheme for fridges in the hope it will help remove "old energy and water-squandering appliances out of people's homes"

Doncaster EfW plant approved in five months - 19 Aug 2009
Energos and Biogen Power get green light for "community-sized" facility

Guide published to help de-package food waste - 19 Aug 2009
Results from a study to help anaerobic digestion and composting companies accept packaged food waste from supermarkets

Litter army help rid UK of rubbish problem - 19 Aug 2009
Groups across the UK are sending out the message that litter will not be tolerated, says Bill Bryson

Countrystyle snaps up Hythe Plant & Recycling - 19 Aug 2009
Acquisition helps waste management firm boost presence in South East

Second recycling incentive trial set for North England - 12 Aug 2009

Supermarkets, restaurants and homes waste as much food as shoppers, say Lib Dems - 03 Aug 2009
Liberal Democrats recommend that an independent committee be set up to look at reducing wasteful consumption