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A blue paper bank with yellow writing which says M.W. WHITE LTD PAPER BANK with a phone number of the company.

Paper banks to be removed over lack of waste

A recycling business is only collecting about £300 worth of paper a day.

A firefighter extinguishing something on the floor with wheelie bins surrounding them

Hair dye causes bin lorry fire

Eastleigh Borough Council advises residents to use Hazardous Waste Recycling Centres.

Hampshire & Isle of Wight

Entrance to a household recycling centre. Cars and vans are lined up in bays in front of open top shipping containers. The site is surrounded by a large grey steel fence.

Praise and criticism over tip booking plan rethink

MPs respond to Dorset Council's rethink of a proposed tip booking system.

A pile of coloured fishing nets, lines and ropes which has been collected at Hamilton Dock in Lowestoft.

More than one tonne of fishing gear to be recycled

A councillor says discarded fishing gear can trap and entangle marine wildlife.

A line of parking bays under a concrete shelter at a modern-looking household recycling centre.

Council tips booking plan revised after feedback

Plans to introduce a booking system across all 10 household recycling centres sparked a backlash.

A woman wearing a khaki jumpsuit opens a green bin with an orange lid. She is holding a plastic tray filled with some other plastic rubbish over the open bin. The background is out of focus, but she is on a residential street.

Recycling collections suspended in 'extreme heat'

With temperatures expected to rise to 31C (88F) a city council says it must protect its workers.

Two green recycling bins stacked on top of each other next to two black wheelie bins, which are side by side on a street edge.

Plea from bin collection teams as weather heats up

Bristol Waste said the move would help keep residents and crews safe in the hot weather.

a bearded man stands next to a line of green recycling bins. He is wearing a beige linen jacket over an orange linen shirt and is holding four empty plastic tubs. He is smiling at the camera, with his elbow casually rested on one of the bins

Plastic pots, tubs and trays to join recycling mix

More items are being added to kerbside collections, says Brighton & Hove Council's deputy leader.

A man standing inside a metal container with various kinds of paint on shelves. There is a sign on the door informing people they can collect free paint.

Third free paint store opens at county waste site

The Tattershall scheme will add to the success of facilities in Grantham and Louth, officials say.