Basildon Council had hundreds of people turn out on Saturday for The Crunch, a popular service offering free disposal of larger household items. The authority confirmed that a tot ...

Firefighters were called to tackle a blaze that broke out in a Basildon bin lorry yesterday morning.

Pictures from the scene of a blaze which broke out in a Basildon bin lorry yesterday show fire crews tackling the incident.

Sylvia Thorogood is an avid recycler. But her local council in Braintree, Essex, does not currently collect glass, so the retired shop owner takes her bottles and jars to recycling banks at ...

A long-established food waste collection is to be extended to people living in flats. West Northamptonshire Council said new government legislation had come into force, stating th ...

More than a quarter of English councils will miss an official deadline to introduce weekly food waste collections to all homes, a BBC investigation has found. The Department for Environment, Food & ...

The issue was costing taxpayers thousands of pounds, according to Swindon Borough Council, as the recycling centre became clogged and booking slots were taken up. The problem reached breaking point in ...

Food waste collections in Darlington will now start later on 2 June, missing a government deadline.

Residents across Chorley will next week start to receive the new bins they will need for the new food waste collection service beginning in the borough this spring. Did you know with a Digital ...

Food waste in York will not have to be collected weekly from next month due to arrangements in place until 2043. The Government has agreed transitional arrangements for York ahead of a deadline for ...

Councillors in Salford have urged the town hall to lower its ‘extortionate’ fees for bulky waste collections, and move towards offering cheaper or free collections for households in the city. The ...