Hot weather has caused Bristol Waste and South Gloucestershire Council to alter some collections. The current hot weather ...

Residents are being urged to dispose of batteries carefully after a series of bin lorry fires in Nottingham. In the latest example on Friday, a recycling truck had to dump its load onto Roden Street ...

A local authority says there have been three waste fires since the start of the year.

A Midland councillor was left "deeply concerned" after a lithium battery caught fire inside a bin lorry. The battery had been placed inside a household bin before it was emptied into a refuse truck ...

Residents have been urged not to dispose of batteries in household bins ...

A warning has been issued after a fire burned a hole through a bin lorry in Norwich. The incident happened last week, with city council officials stating that the blaze split the welded metal floor of ...

Every household depends on refuse collectors to remove the rubbish. Without them, our homes would be swamped with bin bags and recycling, and if you don't own a car, you'd have no means of disposing ...