Recycling

Waste management provider Reconomy Group has acquired Bradford-based global supply chain and  business ASCG.

The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has appointed LARAC CEO Lee Marshall as its new policy and external affairs director.

Biffa plc has completed its acquisition of the collections business and certain recycling assets from Viridor Waste Management Ltd.

Waste management and recycling services firm Reconomy has been made official waste partner for the 10th year running by Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers FC for the 2021/22 season.

Reconomy has won a new contract from the Canal and River Trust to collect, process, and dispose of hazardous waste materials from about 2,000 miles of Britain’s waterways.

Veolia has secured a contract to provide healthcare waste management services for NHS Test and Trace’s new Rosalind Franklin Laboratory, in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.

The IWFM has submitted a response to the public consultation on consistency in household and business recycling in England.

Reconomy has expanded its waste and recycling contract with Grafton Group plc by taking on services for its subsidiary – decorating and DIY specialist Leyland SDM.

Brentwood-based recycling and waste management company Waste Cost Reduction Services Ltd (WCRS) has rebranded to Zest Recycle.

Waste management business Biffa has completed a £10 million deal to buy Scotland’s only post-consumer plastics recycling facility (PRF) from Green Circle Polymers. 

Waste and recycling group Biffa has confirmed in its first sustainability report that it has already unlocked £1 billion worth of investment in green infrastructure, ahead of target. 

Enva has extended its waste and recycling contract with ScotRail.