CDEnviro is planning to set up a new waste water equipment factory in Co Tyrone by August, with the creation of 20 jobs. 19-Feb-2013
Xylem Water Solutions has acquired Pims Group, the Hampshire-based supplier of water and wastewater services. 11-Feb-2013
Severn Trent has sold Severn Trent Analytical Services, the provider of wastewater and land testing services with sites in Wakefield, Coventry and Runcorn, to ALS of Australia. 11-Feb-2013
Impetus Waste Management is to open a new £4m 90,000 sq ft waste recycling facility in Billingham in May. 06-Feb-2013
Premier Waste Management is planning to close its waste processing operations in County Durham in May, with the loss of up to 60 jobs. 31-Jan-2013
Glasgow City Council has approved plans from Viridor to build a £154m waste processing plant at Polmadie by 2016, with the creation of 254 jobs. 30-Jan-2013
Viridor has shed 30 of the 79 jobs at its Salmon Pastures waste recycling plant in Sheffield. 17-Jan-2013
Shanks Group and Babcock Southern have won a £750m waste management contract from Wakefield Council that will involve the construction of a new processing plant at South Kirkby and 60 new jobs. 15-Jan-2013
Derry City Council is to proceed with plans to build a £220m waste recycling plant in Maydown in 2013, with the creation of 100 jobs. 31-Dec-2012
Biogen has been selected as preferred bidder to build an anaerobic digestion plant at Bryn Pica near Aberdare by 2014, in order to process food waste for Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport City Council. 17-Dec-2012
AmeyCespa has been selected as preferred bidder to build and operate a waste treatment plant for Milton Keynes Council by 2016, with the creation of 45 jobs. 31-Oct-2012
W&S Recycling is planning to build a £10m waste materials recycling plant at Mannings Heath in Poole, with the creation of up to 50 jobs. 15-Oct-2012
Countrystyle Group has acquired Any Waste Solution, the Kent-based waste processing firm with 25 staff, from One51 ES Recycling for undisclosed terms. 08-Oct-2012
Wastebeater has acquired Greenstar Northern Ireland out of administration, securing the future of 19 jobs at its waste management business. 04-Oct-2012
Knowaste is planning to build a nappy recycling plant at the London Sustainable Industries Park in Dagenham. 01-Oct-2012
Sterecycle, the Rotherham-based waste recycling firm with 90 staff, has gone into administration through Mazars and a buyer is being sought. 24-Sep-2012
Tradebe has acquired Ecowaste Southwest, the Bristol-based clinical waste firm, for undisclosed terms. 16-Aug-2012
Viridor is to build a £160m recycling and renewable energy centre in Glasgow, as part of a 25-year waste treatment contract with Glasgow City Council. 31-Jul-2012
Viridor Waste Management has acquired JWT Holdings, the Manchester-based waste collection and recycling firm with 45 staff, for £7.6m. 05-Jul-2012
Graphite Resources is to mothball a £50m waste recycling plant at Derwenthaugh on Tyneside, with the loss of up to 43 jobs. 27-Jun-2012
FCC Environment is planning to build a waste recycling and recovery facility at the Dogsthorpe in Peterborough, with the creation of 20 jobs. 21-Jun-2012
Sims Metal Management is to invest £15m in the expansion of its metals and electronic waste recycling plant near Evesham, with a possible increase to the 470-strong workforce. 12-Jun-2012
Roydon Group is to invest £2.6m in new sorting equipment at its Manchester-based waste recycling plant, with the creation of 15 jobs. 28-May-2012
Ascot Environmental, the Manchester-based waste and environmental contractor with about 80 staff, has gone into administration through Deloitte. 23-May-2012
SFP has been appointed administrator at Reece Environmental UK, the Bristol-based waste management company. 16-May-2012
Yorkshire Water is to build a £23m anaerobic digestion plant at its at Blackburn Meadows waste water treatment works in Sheffield by 2014. 24-Apr-2012
Cemex is to build a waste recycling plant at its cement works in Rugby by 2014, with the creation of 30 jobs. 23-Apr-2012
May Gurney Environmental Services has won approval to set up a waste processing facility at Woodford Park in Winsford. 19-Apr-2012
Arvia Technology has secured a £3.8m equity investment to fund the commercial development of its Cheshire-based radioactive waste technology business. 17-Apr-2012
Chemwaste, the West Yorkshire-based waste management firm, has been acquired by Huddersfield-based Bradley Park for undisclosed terms. 16-Apr-2012
Recycling UK has acquired Oswestry Waste Paper, the waste paper and plastic recycling firm operating across the West Midlands and Wales. 29-Mar-2012
Sterecycle is looking to expand its waste recycling and renewable energy plant in Rotherham and open a new facility in Cardiff, funded by a listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange. 22-Mar-2012
Viridor is to submit plans to the London Borough of Sutton to build a £200m waste recovery plant in Beddington. 07-Mar-2012
SITA UK has won a £26m contract from Devon County Council to operate 17 household waste recycling centres. 22-Feb-2012
Covanta Energy has won approval to build a waste processing plant at the Ince Resource Recovery Park in Cheshire, with capacity to transform up to 250,000 tonnes of incinerator ash into aggregate. 20-Feb-2012
Pennine Resource Recovery is to submit plans to build a waste treatment plant at the Bowling Back Lane site in Bradford by 2016, with the creation of 80 jobs. 20-Feb-2012
Cleansing Service Group has bought Harpers Environmental Services, the Middlesbrough-based hazardous waste treatment firm with ten staff, out of administration. 06-Feb-2012
AmeyCespa has won planning permission to build a 60,000 tonne-per-year waste recycling plant at Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire by the end of the year, with the creation of 21 jobs. 25-Jan-2012
Therm Tech, the Manchester-based manufacturer of industrial waste heat recovery systems with 12 staff, has been acquired by Workspace Group. 24-Jan-2012
Peel Environmental has unveiled plans for a £35m waste recycling plant at Rothesay Dock on the Clyde, with the creation of 40 jobs. 18-Jan-2012
United Utilities has won permission for the £200m expansion of its waste treatment plant at Sandon Dock in Liverpool, with the creation of up to 350 jobs. 16-Jan-2012
Bolton Council is to consider plans from Viridor Laing for the development of a new waste recycling centre in Salford Road, in order to transfer work from a number of smaller sites. 12-Jan-2012
Veolia has won permission to build a £60m waste incinerator at Battlefield Enterprise Park in Shrewsbury. 11-Jan-2012
Balfour Beatty and Urbaser of Spain have won a £800m waste processing contract from the Essex Waste Partnership, including the development of an MBT plant in Basildon with the creation of 87 jobs. 04-Jan-2012
Waste Recycling Group is planning to set up a waste transfer station in Llanddulas, with the creation of up to 20 jobs. 29-Dec-2011
Sterecycle has raised £5.1m to expand its Rotherham-based waste recycling plant, with the creation of 17 jobs, and plans to open similar sites across the country. 21-Dec-2011
Viridor has been selected to provide waste and recycling services for Glasgow City Council, including a £150m investment in waste transfer facilities at Polmadie and the creation of 75 jobs. 12-Dec-2011
Viridor has acquired JWS Churngold, the Leyland-based waste logistics and transport firm with 38 staff, for £14m. 21-Nov-2011
Durham County Council is considering plans to close six of its 15 household waste recycling centres. 24-Oct-2011
OSS Group has acquired Hall & Campey, the Nottingham-based waste management firm with 20 staff, for undisclosed terms. 24-Oct-2011
Taylor, the Droitwich-based waste container manufacturer, has been acquired by Sullivan Street Partners for £15m. 19-Oct-2011
SITA is expected to win approval from the Mayor of London to build a £40m anaerobic digestion plant fuelled by food waste in Mitcham. 17-Oct-2011
Veolia has been selected by Leeds City Council to build a new waste treatment plant at Cross Green. 13-Oct-2011
MWH ByProduct, the Heywood-based provider of waste recycling services, has been acquired by 4R Group of Leeds. 10-Oct-2011
PMK Recycling is looking to relocate its Baston-based waste business and more than 20 staff to a larger 8.5-acre site nearby, with the creation of ten new jobs. 29-Sep-2011
Viridor has won approval to build an anaerobic digestion plant to treat Somerset's household food waste at Walpole, near Bridgwater, by 2013. 28-Sep-2011
Enterprise Peterborough is to shed up to 18 back-office jobs at its waste disposal business in Peterborough. 22-Sep-2011
Total Recycling Services is to build a waste transfer station and recycling plant at its site on Yarm Road Business Park in Darlington. 19-Sep-2011
Waste Recycling Group is to submit plans to build an anaerobic digestion plant to process 52,000 tonnes-a-year of food waste in Neath Port Talbot. 15-Sep-2011
Viridor has been selected as preferred bidder for a £459m waste treatment contract for South Lanarkshire Council, but it is not yet know what technology will be used. 12-Sep-2011
Tradebe has acquired Solvent Resource Management, the Clitheroe-based waste management firm, for undisclosed terms. 08-Sep-2011
Weir Waste Services is to set up a waste recycling plant at a former ICI site in Oldbury, with the creation of 50 jobs. 31-Aug-2011
WSR Recycling is to invest £4m in the expansion of its Widnes-based waste recycling operation, with the creation of 40 jobs. 25-Jul-2011
Cumbria County Council is to consider plans from Low Level Waste Repository for the £150m expansion of its radioactive waste storage site at Drigg. 21-Jul-2011
Cutts Recycling, the waste paper processing firm with 70 staff in Doncaster and Sheffield, has been acquired by SAICA of Spain. 07-Jul-2011
Surrey County Council has approved plans from SITA to set up an Eco Park in Shepperton, in order to process 40,000 tons of food waste and 60,000 tons of household waste a year. 06-Jul-2011
Viridor Waste Management has agreed a new waste management deal with Devon County Council that will involve the development of a £46m energy from waste plant at Marsh Barton in Exeter by 2014. 04-Jul-2011
Sunersol is planning to extend its new waste recycling facility in Heckmondwike by 35,000 sq ft, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 04-Jul-2011
Waste Recycling Group and Focsa Services are to be merged by their Spanish parent to create a combined waste management group called FCC Environment, including 100 contracts with 60 councils. 30-Jun-2011
DCC has acquired Oakwood Fuels, the Nottinghamshire-based oil and hazardous waste recycling firm with 105 staff, for an initial £9.6m. 23-Jun-2011
TEG Group has announced a £3.8m share placing to secure the future of its Chorley-based waste processing business, following delays in its contract to build four plants for Greater Manchester Waste Authority. 21-Jun-2011
Knowaste of Canada is planning to open a 36,000 tonne-a-year capacity nappy recycling plant in West Bromwich this summer, and is also planning additional plants in the UK. 13-Jun-2011
Enviroparks has raised £2.2m from the Hotbed investment syndicate to go towards the development of waste-to-energy plants at Hirwaun and elsewhere. 09-Jun-2011
Nationwide Recycling, the Swansea-based glass waste processing firm, has gone into liquidation through MacDonald Partnership. 06-Jun-2011
SITA UK has unveiled proposals to build a rail waste transfer station in Knowsley with the creation of 30 jobs, as part of a bid to win a 30-year contract from Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority. 02-Jun-2011
Newport Paper has acquired the assets of North East Recycling, in order to establish a commercial waste recycling depot at Blaydon near Gateshead. 23-May-2011
Avondale Environmental has secured £17m from HSBC to fund the development of a 200,000 tonnes-a-year waste recycling plant in Falkirk. 23-May-2011
SITA UK has submitted plans to build the country's first plant to transform waste plastic into diesel in Avonmouth. 09-May-2011
Skan Group has bought the waste vehicle and equipment manufacturing assets of the Boughton Group in Staffordshire and Devon out of administration. 09-May-2011
Veolia Environmental Services Aurora has been selected by Hertfordshire County Council as preferred bidder for a £800m waste processing contract, including the development of a new MBT plant in Hatfield. 03-May-2011
Environmental Waste Controls of Liverpool is to raise £4m in a flotation on Aim to fund the development of waste recycling facilities. 03-May-2011
New Earth Solutions is to build a 45,000 tonne-a-year MBT waste treatment plant in Galashiels, having agreed a new £80m deal with Scottish Borders Council. 21-Apr-2011
Sunersol is planning to create more than 100 new jobs at its waste management business in West Yorkshire, in order to recycle products for councils and other companies across the country. 18-Apr-2011
Shanks Group and Scottish & Southern Energy have been selected as preferred bidders for a £750m waste PFI contract in Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham, which will include a new MBT plant in Manvers. 11-Apr-2011
Orchid Environmental has secured a £4m investment from the London Waste & Recycling Board to build a 160,000 tonnes-a-year waste-to-fuel plant in Bexley by 2013. 06-Apr-2011
HW Martin has acquired the commercial and industrial waste operations of Durham-based Premier Waste for undisclosed terms. 05-Apr-2011
Wales Environmental, the Pembrokeshire-based waste management firm, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 17-Mar-2011
Shredall is looking to double the size of its Nottinghamshire-based waste shredding business over the next three years, including a new depot in Hertfordshire. 16-Mar-2011
AeroThermal Group and 4Recycling are planning to build a £9m waste treatment plant at Lee Moor near Plymouth, with the creation of 22 jobs. 14-Mar-2011
Aquilo Environmental Services is planning to double the 25-strong workforce at its Middlesbrough-based industrial cleaning and waste management business this year. 01-Mar-2011
Waste Recycling Group is to close the Moor Lane waste site in Carnaby, with the loss of 30 jobs, due to a change in recycling methods by East Riding Council. 22-Feb-2011
Suffolk County Council is to close seven of its 18 household waste and recycling centres in May. 21-Feb-2011
Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) is considering plans to close four household waste and recycling centres in Bolton, Bury, Oldham and Rochdale. 21-Feb-2011
Casepak is building a £21m waste recycling plant at the Fairway Business Park in Braunstone Frith this year, with the creation of an initial 50 jobs. 21-Feb-2011
Antrac, the Newton Abbot-based waste firm trading as Cox Waste Management, is to go into administration with the loss of up to 28 jobs. 14-Feb-2011
MVV Umwelt is planning to build a plant at Whitecleaves Quarry in Devon to transform ash from a waste incinerator in Plymouth into a building material. 10-Feb-2011
Scotgen has won planning permission to build a £50m waste incinerator near Stonehouse in South Lanarkshire, with the creation of up to 50 jobs. 09-Feb-2011
North London Waste Authority has unveiled plans to build a £100m waste disposal plant in New Southgate by 2016. 09-Feb-2011
Valens Resources has acquired Singh (UK), the waste recycling firm with 25 staff in March, Peterborough and Whittlesey, for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its Glazewing business. 08-Feb-2011
Coopers Yard is seeking permission to expand its waste processing centre in Barrow, with the creation of 40 jobs over the next two years. 08-Feb-2011