Councils have warned they face an annual bill of over £1bn if the government goes ahead with plans for a new tax on the carbon emitted from burning waste.
Millions returned to councils from a waste-to-energy plant prove a publicly owned facility is “far preferable” to paying for a private business to run the site, one of the councils has said.
The Competition Markets Authority says a proposed merger between two waste management companies could inflate costs, reduce competition and lower the quality of local authority services.
Local authorities may be forced to charge for the collection of garden waste and bulky items if funding levels continue to fall, environmental services managers have warned.
Thirty-nine per cent of British adults would like their council to prioritise spending on waste collection and recycling, a Unison and ComRes poll has said.
Local authorities must be given the “freedom to tailor their approach” to comply with the government’s waste strategy, the local government minister has been told.
Plastic pollution is a real problem and one the public cares passionately about. The Budget offered a partial solution, says Peter Maddox, charity director at WRAP.
A new independent body could replace the Environment Agency as part of a wider ‘green future’ policy launched today by prime minister Theresa May today.
Councils face a bill of more than £2.25m due to an increase in household goods sent to landfill following this winter’s floods, according to estimates from the Local Government...
Local government minister Kris Hopkins has today awarded grants to 73 public service integration schemes that are expected to lead to more than £900m in efficiencies across the public sector.
