A bus and a bin lorry in the Highlands are now being run on recycled cooking oil as part of a trial scheme. The vehicles, which have been specially adapted, are being fuelled by hydrotreated vegetable ...

A new recycling collection for all Nottingham households has been delayed by four years because of a contractual issue. Government reforms mean that, from 2026, local councils across the country will ...

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UK councils missed more than 10,000 bin collections every working day last year, with local authorities blaming strikes, safety red tape and even "warm and wet weather" for letting down taxpayers ...

Liverpool Council has explained why some purple wheelie bins were removed from outside people’s homes. A black sticker has been placed on bins outside properties across the city which read: “We ...

Council staff were able to remotely turn off the heating at 83 sites A check of 117 schools in the Highlands found 93 had left their heating systems fully operational at the start of this year's ...

Council leader John Cotton said he does not recognise the £26 million figure and insisted any payments to settle the dispute could expose the authority to further equal pay claims. Credit: ITV News ...

Councils in Greater Manchester reported over 115,000 missed bin collections last year, a new survey has found. Manchester City Council recorded the most missed collections out of the ten local ...