News

Over 700 fires in bin lorries and recycling centres are caused by batteries

1st December 2022

Lithium Ion Batteries / local authorities / Waste Fires

News

New EU-funded project aims to prevent fires caused by batteries at e-waste recycling facilities

28th November 2022

Batteries / health and safety / WEEE

News

Waste industry fatal injury rate 11 times the all industry rate, new figures show

28th November 2022

health and safety / HSE / waste industry

News

Birmingham recycling plant directors guilty after five workers killed by collapsing wall

22nd November 2022

health and safety / Health and Safety at Work Act / HSE

News

Households “should be banned” from disposing of batteries in roadside collection bins

18th November 2022

News

ESA survey shows positivity around waste management industry’s health & safety culture

15th November 2022

Environmental Services Association / health and safety

News

“Zombie Batteries” behind rising rates of UK waste facility fires, ESA says

24th October 2022

Batteries / ESA / Waste Fires

News

Biffa adopts “revolutionary” health and safety platform

11th October 2022

Biffa / health and safety / Sustainable waste management

News

Project to develop large-scale fishing net recycling in the UK

10th October 2022

fishing gear / Keep Britain Tidy / plastic

News

WasteAid programme to improve waste management in low-income communities in Cameroon

10th October 2022

Cameroon / Circular Economy / WasteAid

News

Resources and waste workers urged to help measure sector’s health and safety culture

15th September 2022

ESA / health and safety

News

Estimated 300 tonnes of waste cleared after Notting Hill Carnival

31st August 2022

infrastructure / local authorities / Notting Hill Carnival

News

Investigation finds clothing waste from top fashion brands’ suppliers burnt in “toxic kilns” in Cambodia

9th August 2022

Fast Fashion / Greenpeace / international / Textile Waste

Research & Report

Sustainable, Healthy and Liveable Future Cities

22nd July 2022

Environ / greenspace / University Collage Cork

News

Research: Three times more fires caused by batteries in waste stream than previously reported

19th July 2022

battery recycling / Material Focus / Waste Fires

News

Bin worker assaulted – Slough Borough Council calls for respect

24th June 2022

bin collection / health and safety / Local Authority

News

CIWM launch scheme to improve health and safety in the metal recycling sector

21st April 2022

BMRA / CIWM / health and safety / Metal Recycling

News

Norfolk man jailed for 8 months over illegal waste

19th April 2022

Environment Agency / health and safety / Waste Crime

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