The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has moved to clear up confusion as to which employees in the waste sector are considered essential and should still be at work. Waste sector employees were ...

Council waste and recycling workers take fewer days off due to musculoskeletal injuries and experience far less stress than those in other public sector roles, according to research just published, ...

The coronavirus crisis is turning into a garbage crisis. Millions of people are stuck at home generating lots of extra trash — some of which is mixed with discarded face masks, gloves or other garbage ...

Dog breeders, pet sellers and waste management workers face a tax crackdown amid concerns that cash-in hand work is helping the black economy boom. An estimated 520,000 people working in those sectors ...

OUTSOURCED waste disposal workers in Sandwell in the West Midlands are to strike for nine days over pay. Sandwell’s refuse collection service is contracted out to multinational privateer Serco. The ...

A County Durham waste management company has been fined after a young employee was run over by an excavator. Farm XS (Northern) Limited, based in Barnard Castle, was sentenced after an incident on 29 ...

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Fleet binman Roup Onanian stars in UK's 'buffest binmen' charity calendar by BusinessWaste.co.uk, raising funds for UK and ...

A WASTE firm has been fined nearly £170,000 after a worker was crushed between a truck and a skip. The 29 year-old man, from Canvey, was left with life-threatening injuries including broken ribs, a ...

Violence, threats and verbal abuse – that is the day-to-day reality for tip workers who handle our waste and recycling across Greater Manchester. Rubbish removal gangs who try to dump their trade ...