Defra has released details of the funding allocations made to local authorities to support rollout of weekly food waste collections.

The work was "not just about stopping people without waste carriers licences", but also about raising awareness, project bosses said Police have joined forces with a local authority to target ...

Leeds City Council Metropolitan Borough received the largest revenue allocation at £1.24 million, whilst Wiltshire received ...

Under the new rules, residents will have to separate recycling into four groups of recyclable materials Hundreds of households are set to take part in a trial recycling scheme to assess potential ...

Complaints to Wiltshire Council have risen by two-thirds in recent years, councillors have been told. The overview and scrutiny management committee was told on Wednesday, September 24 that in the ...

Wiltshire Council is saving more than £54,000 in this year by switching to electric vehicles. The council aims to transition its entire fleet to electric by 2030 for further operational savings.

Police have been clamping down on businesses dumping waste illegally in Wiltshire. Officers from the Trowbridge, Melksham, Warminster, and Westbury areas have recently been conducting patrols ...

A waste company has been told to implement further smell reducing measures after an "unacceptable number of complaints" from ...

A man has been fined nearly £2,000 after stuffing his unwanted furniture into a communal bin. Radu Marton had dumped a rolled-up mattress, a bicycle, a sofa, a suitcase, chairs and a table near his ...

The Environmental Protection Act 1990 allows councils to take action if waste is left in a way that causes a nuisance or poses a risk to ...

Police have joined forces with a local authority to target fly-tipping and illegal waste and scrap metal dealing across a county. Wiltshire Police carried out the operations with environment ...