Recycle Fife continues to invest in its skip hire operation by adding six brand-new trucks, strengthening its position as the market-leading skip hire provider in Fife, Scotland. The new fleet comprises four MAN skiploader trucks and two MAN hookloader trucks, providing additional capacity and helping Recycle Fife meet growing demand from customers across the region....
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How cleaning supplies help keep waste sites clean, safe and compliant
Maintaining safe working environments is critical in every industry, but it’s especially important in sectors like waste and recycling, where workers face higher health risks. Waste and discarded items can be hazardous, so it’s important to put the right processes in place to limit these risks. Having the right cleaning supplies is one way waste...
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Fleetclear’s StreetVision platform unlocks real-time intelligence from fleets
Fleetclear has announced the launch of StreetVision, an AI-powered platform designed to transform existing vehicle camera footage into a valuable source of safety, operational and environmental intelligence. Last month, Fleetclear demonstrated the new technology to guests at OnTrack, its exclusive fleet technology event at Dunsfold Aerodrome, home of the former Top Gear test track. At...
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How payroll is adapting to the changing waste and recycling workforce
Waste and recycling businesses are becoming highly specialised and technology-driven. As a result, the way employees are managed is changing too. From drivers and collection crews to recycling operatives and technical staff, the industry’s workforce has become increasingly varied in roles, hours, and locations. This is presenting new challenges for HR and finance teams managing...
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Managing insurance risks across the skip hire and waste management industry
From handling hazardous materials to heavy haulage transport, skip hire and waste management businesses are exposed to many risks. As a result, having the right waste management insurance in place is essential to protect the business, its employees, customers, and the public. The level of cover required can depend on factors like the types of...
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PM plans crackdown on gangs profiting from illegal waste
The Prime Minister has announced a crackdown on illegal waste crime, focusing on tougher enforcement, stronger regional leadership, and increased penalties for fly-tipping and illegal waste operations. This initiative aims to address significant illegal waste issues that harm communities and the environment, leading to high clean-up costs for taxpayers. Key measures include the use of...
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Industry reacts as Defra confirms delay to mandatory collections of flexible plastics
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that the mandatory collection of plastic films and flexible packaging will be postponed until 1st April, 2030. This information, provided to local authorities, states that the required kerbside collection of these materials from both workplaces and households will now take effect on that date....
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New partnership connects e-waste recovery with prisoner rehabilitation
A new partnership between The Royal Mint and Recycling Lives Services is recovering gold and other precious metals from electronic waste (e-waste) in the UK. This initiative also helps rehabilitate prisoners through supervised work programmes. As businesses focus on keeping valuable materials in circulation instead of sending them to landfill, this collaboration in South Wales...
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‘Vape recycling retailer lottery’ – retailers are failing to provide recycling points, leaving millions of vapes thrown away and fuelling fires
One year on from the 1st June 2025 ban on the sale of disposable vapes, Material Focus warns that a ”retailer recycling lottery” is undermining the environmental intentions behind the ban, as recycling a vape is still not as easy as it is to buy one. New research reveals that while the ban is beginning...
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Flexible plastics collections are coming – but can the waste industry cope?
By Michael Plant, Supply Chain Director of HAHN Plastics UK The past few months have brought significant change to household waste collection, with ‘Simpler Recycling’ reforms bringing greater consistency to what is collected and how it is handled. But while attention has focused on harmonising collections, a more complex shift is fast approaching – kerbside...