Two compact, French-built 'Azura' vacuum sweepers from Mathieu are being used in conjunction with a fleet of larger UK-built Scarab sweepers to keep the streets and footpaths of Rugby clean.

Designed and manufactured in Portugal, the Sotkon System uses precast concrete silos in which a single cubic metre container is located just below the surface of the ground.

A new study commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) in Germany has shown that more than 155,000 tonnes of WEEE are exported to non-European destinations every year.

An annual survey completed by Brazilian NGO CEMPRE shows that rates have been rising since 2008, showing that the country is on its way to a sustainable recycling model.

Waste Management Inc has announced plans to build a plasma arc incineration plant using technology developed by InEnTec LLC at its landfill in Arlington, Oregon.

The introduction of the Battery Directive has brought the UK into line with other countries in Europe that already legislate to minimize the proportion of ending up in landfill.

The London Waste and Recycling Board  has allocated £28 million (US $42.2 million) to developing waste infrastructure projects from a selected pool of ideas that it will identify over the next year.

US waste management firm Republic Services Inc has entered into a deal with solar systems provider Carlisle Energy Services Inc.