News

23/07/2025

Cheshire East Council is set to install 175 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at 15 different locations in the area.

18/07/2025

Maldon District Council is requesting approval to acquire a new bin lorry to assist with garden waste collection services.

18/07/2025

St Helens Borough Council is taking part in a Liverpool City Region Combined Authority initiative that uses recycling trucks to identify areas with poor mobile phone coverage.

18/07/2025

West Berkshire Council has introduced new electric vehicle (EV) charging points at multiple sites across the district.

17/07/2025

Fife Council has launched investigations into an accident involving a bin lorry and a bus earlier this week.

16/07/2025

Lewes District Council has confirmed plans to transition to a fully electric fleet of waste and recycling vehicles.

11/07/2025

Denbighshire County Council has launched an in-house electric vehicle (EV) training programme to upskill its fleet drivers.

11/07/2025

Thanet councillors are set to consider a proposal to switch the council’s preferred vehicle fuel from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in a bid to reduce fleet emissions.

11/07/2025

Swindon Borough Council has announced plans to transition from using diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to increase the sustainability of its fleet.

08/07/2025

An exploded vape battery sparked a fire that caused ‘extensive damage’ to an Exeter bin lorry.

04/07/2025

Salford City Council has upgraded its fleet by acquiring its first electric bin wagon.

04/07/2025

Denbighshire County Council has welcomed two new electric vehicles into its fleet.

30/06/2025

Durham County Council has acquired a Supra 4002 snow blower to enhance its winter maintenance fleet services.

30/06/2025

Monmouthshire County Council has withdrawn a planning application for its fleet depot expansion project following objections from residents.

27/06/2025

The fight against weeds is revving up a gear as City of Wolverhampton Council uses quad bikes to speed up spraying.

26/06/2025

A planning application has been submitted by South Oxfordshire District Council in preparation for its new fleet depot development.

24/06/2025

An e-scooter has been identified as the cause of a bin lorry fire in Basildon.

20/06/2025

Boston Borough Council plans to acquire 14 new refuse vehicles in advance of the weekly food waste collections deadline.

13/06/2025

City of Wolverhampton Council has proposed the development of a ‘new purpose-built depot’ to improve its fleet services.

13/06/2025

Braintree District Council has secured 14 new electric fleet vehicles to advance its climate change strategy.

12/06/2025

Councils in Scotland are launching a mobile phone mapping scheme to improve ‘digital exclusion’ in remote areas.

12/06/2025

Calderdale Council has confirmed plans to begin powering its fleet with renewable fuel sources instead of diesel.

06/06/2025

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is in talks about procuring 28 new fleet vehicles.

06/06/2025

Warwick District Council’s solar mat scheme could cut carbon emissions by 1.3 tonnes each year, council says.

04/06/2025

A bin lorry accident in the Scottish Borders last week resulted in the hospitalisation of a refuse worker.

02/06/2025

Veolia has secured an eight year extension to its recycling and waste contract with Camden Council starting from April 2025.

30/05/2025

Liverpool City Council are set to secure a new fleet of lorries to assist with weekly food-waste collection services.

30/05/2025

Drivers could save thousands each year following new electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint regulations.

30/05/2025

Cheshire East Council has acquired new electric fleet vehicles to accelerate its decarbonisation programme.

30/05/2025

Ipswich Borough Council has announced a six-month trial involving three electric refuse vehicles provided by Electra.

29/05/2025

A bin lorry accident in Torquay has resulted in the death of an employee of the council’s waste management partners, SWISCo.

27/05/2025

Dorset council has benefitted from energy cost savings of roughly £54,000 per annum since installing solar panels at three of their highway depots.

22/05/2025

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (MTCBC) has started using Fleetclear technology to improve driver safety in reduced speed zones.

21/05/2025

Three electric vans have been added to Torridge District Council’s fleet as substitutes for the diesel-fuelled vehicles previously used to deliver council services.

20/05/2025

Cornwall Council has issued a warning to residents about safe methods of battery disposal after a recent bin lorry fire.

20/05/2025

The City of Edinburgh Council has replaced the 41 non-compliant vehicles in their fleet to ensure Low Emission Zone (LEZ) regulations are respected.

16/05/2025

Two Lincolnshire councils have approved plans to buy 41 new bin lorries in preparation for the introduction of weekly food waste collections.

16/05/2025

Five colourful new refuse collection vehicles are set to hit the streets of South Kesteven bearing health and wellbeing messages for residents.

12/05/2025

Perth and Kinross Council’s fleet decarbonisation strategy has been approved by councillors on the Climate Change and Sustainability Committee.

12/05/2025

In a Cabinet meeting this week, councillors from Brighton and Hove City Council will discuss improvement proposals for Environmental Services, formerly known as City Clean, following the 2023 whistleblowing complaint about its work culture.

09/05/2025

NRG Riverside has awarded 27 refuse collection vehicles (RCV) to support Lichfield District Council and Tamworth Borough Council’s Joint Waste Service.

08/05/2025

Dorset Council has identified a battery-powered vacuum cleaner as the likely cause of a bin lorry fire.

08/05/2025

The Highland Council is investing in new Omnibus software to improve the efficiency and reliability of their transport system.

07/05/2025

A local authority has proved their intent to reduce carbon emissions by introducing two electric vehicles to deliver council services.

01/05/2025

Pendle Borough Council has made the switch to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel in a bid to start decarbonising its fleet and balance its emissions by 2030.

01/05/2025

Fleetclear’s new AI-driven Live Lane Information System (LLIS) is designed to enhance the safety of waste and recycling collection crews and reduce the risk of accidents.

28/04/2025

Tower Hamlets Council is set to save upwards of £343,000 per year after acquiring 52 electric vehicles for their transport fleet.

28/04/2025

An arson attack on a Somerset Council compound in Taunton has destroyed four minibuses used for providing transport for vulnerable children and young adults.

24/04/2025

Emergency services have been called after a waste collection vehicle overturned between Peacehaven and Saltdean this morning.

22/04/2025

Falkirk Council is set to become the first Scottish council to operate a fleet of electric tipper trucks.

17/04/2025

Wirral’s community safety team has acquired a real-time CCTV surveillance vehicle to help crack down on anti-social behaviour.

11/04/2025

Dennis Eagle has launched the Olympus Midi, a compact refuse collection vehicle (RCV) for the 12-16 tonne weight category.

11/04/2025

Three men have been sentenced to a total of more than 18 years after admitting being involved in an attack on refuse collectors in Stoke-on-Trent.

11/04/2025

Suffolk County Council is set to deliver around 6,000 new public electric vehicle (EV) charging points across the county to support residents make the transition to EVs.

08/04/2025

A further 13 electric buses are set to hit the streets of Brighton in autumn 2026 in addition to the 16 already planned for next spring.

07/04/2025

More than 6,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers are set to be rolled out across Brighton and Hove in what is said to be the largest project of its kind in the UK.

04/04/2025

Forty-four bin lorries in Kensington and Chelsea are swapping diesel fuel for hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), according to the council.

04/04/2025

Croydon Council has introduced what it promises will be a ‘more responsive and flexible’ street cleaning service.

04/04/2025

Gedling Borough Council has strengthened its commitment to cleaner streets and an attractive borough with the purchase of two new road sweepers.

01/04/2025

Birmingham City Council has declared a major incident to address the impact of the long-running bin strikes in a move branded by Unite as ‘disgraceful strike breaking’.

28/03/2025

The first wave of a major order of 46 new Dennis Eagle trucks has arrived in Medway joining the local authority’s fleet.

28/03/2025

Specialist Fleet Services Ltd (SFS) is celebrating its twentieth year as fleet and workshop partner to Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council (HBBC) with a new long-term contract.

28/03/2025

Birmingham City Council will begin a consultation on compulsory redundancies next week in an effort to end the ongoing bin strike, a move Unite describes as ‘bully boy tactics’.

26/03/2025

Fleetclear has launched a new Vehicle Lift Information System (VLIS), enhanced with AI technology, to reduce the risks associated with bin lifting operations.

21/03/2025

Road sweepers operated by East Lindsey District Council have been transformed into ‘travelling pieces of local children's art,’ according to the local authority.

21/03/2025

Bridgend Council members have agreed to borrow around £1.2m to replace fleet vehicles, plant and equipment.

21/03/2025

North Ayrshire Council has joined the ranks of local authorities turning to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to reduce its fleet’s carbon emissions.

18/03/2025

Local authority leaders have repeated their call for a long-term financial package for road maintenance as the latest ALARM survey reveals the pothole repairs backlog has reached £17bn.

18/03/2025

Pupils in Somerset have welcomed the council’s newly named gritter, ‘Gritty Gritty Bang Bang’.

14/03/2025

Over three quarters of fleets say that AI is the future of safety, new survey reveals.

14/03/2025

Bin lorries and street sweepers in Liverpool are to be used to map the region’s mobile phone coverage from four main providers.

12/03/2025

Regional divides and inequalities risk being ‘baked into’ the roll-out of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, MPs have warned.

12/03/2025

Southwark Council has taken another step in their journey to become a carbon neutral borough by 2030 by securing new lithium-ion powered forklifts.

07/03/2025

Leeds City Council has taken a step towards a greener refuse collection fleet by adding three battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eEconic trucks to its fleet.

07/03/2025

A UK home grown electric powered all-terrain vehicle is set to take to the hills of Denbighshire and the surrounding areas.

07/03/2025

London's ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) has led to ‘substantial improvements’ in air quality across the capital, new research reveals. A report by the Greater London Authority found a 27% reduction in roadside nitrogen dioxide levels since Ulez was introduced in 2019.

28/02/2025

A road collision in Leicestershire this week, which involved a bin lorry, resulted in ‘pretty immense’ damage and disruption, police have said.

28/02/2025

The BVRLA has rolled out a new course to help boost the voices of women working in the fleet sector.

28/02/2025

Erewash Borough Council has treated a local bin lorry fan to a ride on its brand-new truck and even named it after him.

28/02/2025

Industrial action by more than 350 Birmingham refuse workers will escalate into an indefinite strike from 11 March, Unite has announced.

26/02/2025

The threat of strike action involving refuse staff in Derbyshire and Staffordshire has been lifted following an improved pay offer, Unison has said.

21/02/2025

Brighton and Hove City Council, which has pledged that the region will be carbon neutral by 20230, has ditched electric buses in favour of diesel power.

20/02/2025

East Lothian Council has received four new Elite+ 'Narrow' vehicles including its first 18t variant which will offer improved safety for operators navigating narrow lanes and residential areas.

19/02/2025

Britain’s largest union has called on ministers to intervene amid ongoing industrial action by refuse workers in Birmingham.

19/02/2025

Caerphilly Borough County Council is trialling a fuel conditioner designed to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from internal combustion engines.

14/02/2025

The City of Edinburgh Council has unveiled a new £25m HGV and welfare bus fleet with enhanced safety features.

12/02/2025

Islington Council is launching a £1.2m project to install new chargers to support its fleet of more than 550 electric vehicles (EVs).

12/02/2025

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is set to spend £4m replacing half of its refuse collection vehicle (RCV) fleet.

11/02/2025

Cardiff Council is trialling Fleetclear Connect technology on seven of its vehicles.

07/02/2025

BCP Council has approved a multi-million-pound investment into greener vehicles for its fleet in a ‘significant step’ towards becoming carbon neutral.

07/02/2025

The implementation of digital waste tracking is to be delayed until April 2026 due to the ‘complexities of the project’, according to the Government.

05/02/2025

Dudley Council has announced it will stop its paid-for commercial waste collections service due to the costs of new recycling laws for companies.

05/02/2025

Forty-two local authorities – or one in 10 – are considering cuts to waste collection services, new data reveals.

04/02/2025

Lancashire County Council has taken delivery of 15 new buses to support the delivery of transport solutions for special needs children and adult social care services.

04/02/2025

Westmorland and Furness Council has kicked off a six-month trial of biofuels as part of its journey towards net zero.

04/02/2025

Strikes by more than 350 Birmingham bin workers will ‘intensify’ over the next two months, trade union Unite has announced.

03/02/2025

Mansfield District Council is trialling a mini-bin lorry that can be used to pick up any bins that were missed on a round.

28/01/2025

Legislation for a deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers in England and Northern Ireland came into force on Monday (27 January).

28/01/2025

A Cotswold District Council bin lorry has been pictured leaning precariously over a river.

28/01/2025

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has urged residents not to dispose of vapes in household bins after a fire broke out in a refuse collection vehicle.

28/01/2025

Biffa and Fleetclear have teamed up to ensure the waste management company’s heavy goods vehicle (HGV) fleet in London is fully compliant with the new Direct Vision Standard (DVS) regulations.

24/01/2025

Bracknell Forest Council’s parks and countryside rangers will be able to go about their work in an eco-friendlier fashion thanks to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), according to the council.

24/01/2025

A bin lorry was forced to dump 10 tonnes of rubbish in a car park after what is thought to have been a discarded vape sparked a fire.

24/01/2025

For the first time, a female driver will be gritting roads in Fife after staff from across the council were asked to step in to keep roads free from snow and ice during freezing conditions.

21/01/2025

Wiltshire Council has invested in a 100% electric refuse vehicle to help reduce its carbon emissions. A UK first the vehicle is also the first Volvo FE Low Entry Cab eRCV to operate in the country.

17/01/2025

Local authority fleet and workshop partner Specialist Fleet Services Ltd (SFS) has expanded its network of workshops with the opening of a new South West depot in Wellington, Somerset.

17/01/2025

Wiltshire Council is trialling an electric refuse collection vehicle (eRCV) to assess its performance across a range of environments.

17/01/2025

MPs have called England’s local roads a ‘national embarrassment’ and slammed the Department for Transport (DfT) for not taking its responsibility for the issue seriously enough.

15/01/2025

Gloucestershire County Council has completed its trial of four different pothole-filling machines declaring that they ‘all have their strengths’.

15/01/2025

The cost of pothole damage to vehicles increased by more than £1m last year, according to the AA’s Pothole Index.

09/01/2025

Merton Council has appointed Veolia to deliver recycling and waste collections and winter maintenance services for the next eight years.

08/01/2025

There are more than 70,000 public charging devices for electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK, according to mapping service Zapmap.

08/01/2025

Bradford Council is trialling an electric gritter this winter as it considers moving to an all-electric gritter fleet.

07/01/2025

A new fleet of tractors is proving ‘invaluable’ in maintaining safety across Durham during the current cold snap, the county council has said.

06/01/2025

A senior councillor at Gravesham Borough Council has said electrifying the council’s fleet is ‘clearly not an option’ as the authority opts to switch to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) instead.

24/12/2024

A multi-million-pound investment into new fire equipment by Norfolk County Council will see the addition of four tactical response vehicles to the county’s fire and rescue fleet.

20/12/2024

City of Lincoln Council has awarded Biffa a new £47m contract for waste and recycling collections and street cleansing.

20/12/2024

A £5.7m contract has been agreed to replace around half the vehicles on North Yorkshire’s gritting fleet.

20/12/2024

Ministers have confirmed an extra £500m for local road maintenance in England next year, but a quarter of the cash will be held back on the basis of an incentive process that has yet to be worked out.

20/12/2024

Refuse workers at cash-strapped Birmingham City Council are set to strike in January in a dispute over pay.

20/12/2024

The number of vape products being thrown out or recycled incorrectly every week has risen from five million last year to an estimated 8.2 million this year, new research has revealed.

13/12/2024

Torridge District Council has announced the names of two street cleansing vehicles that joined its fleet this year.

13/12/2024

Barnsley Council has launched a safety campaign after 72 collisions involving waste collection vehicles were recorded in three years.

13/12/2024

The UK is on track to reach 300,000 public electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints by 2030, the national public spending watchdog has found.

13/12/2024

Outsourced Peterborough City Council employees are considering industrial action after rejecting a pay award.

13/12/2024

Trade union Unite has accused Veolia of backing out of a recognition deal for its refuse workers in Sheffield ‘at the 11th hour’.

05/12/2024

English councils still lack clarity on food waste regulations that come into force in just four months’ time, research has found.

05/12/2024

Herefordshire’s first electric refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) will take to the roads this month.

03/12/2024

The Highland Council has spent £1m updating the local authority’s fleet with six new winter gritting vehicles.

03/12/2024

Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire district councils have added two electric vans to their fleet of maintenance vehicles.

03/12/2024

Birmingham City Council has signed a contract with vehicle manufacturer Dennis Eagle for the purchase of 151 new refuse, recycling and food waste vehicles.

29/11/2024

Local authorities are set to issue households with up to four bins as a default to separate their waste and recycling.

25/11/2024

Oxfordshire Council Council’s winter preparations have included taking delivery of a new fleet of gritting vehicles.

25/11/2024

Sustainable waste, recycling and event management services provider Lili Waste has equipped its 5-star DVS rated trade waste refuse vehicle fleet with Fleetclear’s DVR camera systems and switched to the Fleetclear Connect platform to monitor and track vehicle safety technology.

25/11/2024

Winchester City Council has taken another a big step in driving down carbon emissions, with the addition of a 100% electric vehicle to its waste fleet.

21/11/2024

Three new pathway sweepers have joined Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s street cleansing fleet.

21/11/2024

Municipal vehicle rental company CTS Hire has invested in four brand-new refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) for its hire fleet.

21/11/2024

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council has taken delivery of four brand-new truck-mounted SCARAB road sweepers.

21/11/2024

Blaby District Council is set to spend almost £1m preparing for new legislation on food waste collections.

20/11/2024

Westminster City Council has hailed the impact of their new fully electric gully cleaning trucks operating in the city this autumn.

15/11/2024

City of York Council introduced its new fleet of gritters this winter with one named Rick Gritter after the Shed Seven frontman Rick Witter.

15/11/2024

Blackout Technologies aims to cut the number of vehicle collisions caused by distracted driving with the launch of an industry-first mobile device blocking tool.

14/11/2024

Bin collections were delayed in a Merseyside town last week after the contents of a refuse collection vehicle went up in flames.

13/11/2024

The winners of a competition to name a new fleet of recycling vehicle in Teignbridge have been announced.

07/11/2024

Officers have recommended that Liverpool City Council takes full control of its environmental services.

06/11/2024

Nearly 30 new trucks will soon be deployed across Herefordshire after FCC Environment renewed its Recyclables and Waste Collection Contract with the council.

06/11/2024

Ground has been broken on a new £8.8m depot that will help South Kesteven District Council deliver bin collection and street cleaning services.

06/11/2024

More than 30 refuse vehicles and over 20 support vehicles have arrived at North Weald airfield ready to commence Epping Forest District Council’s (EFDC) new waste and recycling collection service.

01/11/2024

The Treasury has pledged to top up councils’ funding next year if the income they get through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) falls short of the forecasted £1.1bn.

31/10/2024

‘Strong concerns around the potential use of alcohol or drugs while driving’ have emerged in a report into the safety of City of Edinburgh Council’s heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).

29/10/2024

North Devon Council will replace two diesel vehicles in its parks teams with electric vans, following successful trials.

29/10/2024

An electric bin lorry operated by Westminster City Council and Veolia burst into flames on Monday.

28/10/2024

Croydon Council has signed a new £21.5m environmental services contract with resource management firm Veolia.

28/10/2024

The first electric double decker buses have arrived in Warrington under plans to entirely replace the town’s fleet of 105 diesel buses.

25/10/2024

Worcestershire County Council has equipped its refuse collection vehicles with advanced technology to monitor and collect data on mobile connectivity throughout the county.

25/10/2024

Salisbury City Council has invested in two new e-bikes as part of a plan to allow staff to travel more sustainably while at work.

25/10/2024

Suffolk County Council has added 38 new gritters to its fleet ahead of winter to replace older vehicles.

25/10/2024

A fleet of about 100 vehicles that facilitate North Northamptonshire Council’s housing services are now being maintained by Specialist Fleet Services Ltd (SFS).

18/10/2024

Durham residents have been reminded to dispose of vapes and batteries correctly after two bin lorry fires.

17/10/2024

Eight new gritting vehicles will be on standby this winter as part of Swindon Borough Council’s fleet.

17/10/2024

Fleet solutions provider Fleetclear has achieved an international standard for quality management.

11/10/2024

Councillors in Glasgow have approved plans to spend more than £1.3m on 180 new electric cars.

11/10/2024

Four bin lorries and three road sweepers were among more than 100,000 vehicles stolen in the UK in 2023, new figures reveal.

11/10/2024

Orkney Islands Council will receive £3m from the Scottish Government for plans to replace its ferry fleet.

11/10/2024

Rutland County Council has secured over £100,000 to fund a pilot project that will see a minimum of 23 charge points installed across the county.

09/10/2024

Somerset Council has challenged local school children to come up with names for its new gritters.

09/10/2024

The number of pothole-related breakdowns has increased by 10,000 compared to last year, according to the AA Pothole Index.

04/10/2024

Surrey County Council has spent more than £16m on 34 new hydrogen-powered buses in partnership with Metrobus.

03/10/2024

A new electric health and wellbeing bus has hit the streets of Brixton.

03/10/2024

Southend-on-Sea City Council has awarded Suez a £144m contract to deliver recycling, waste, and street cleansing services over the next eight years.

02/10/2024

A waste operative was rushed to hospital last week after an empty gas bottle exploded in a bin lorry in Newham.

02/10/2024

Hyndburn Council has welcomed five new refuse collection vehicles that will run on hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO).

27/09/2024

Falkirk Council has taken delivery of a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) training truck to upskill staff.

27/09/2024

A crew of Barnet refuse workers had a narrow escape recently as a huge explosion rocked their collection truck.

27/09/2024

Kingston Council has reappointed Veolia as its waste and recycling collection, street cleansing and winter gritting contractor in an eight-year deal worth £9.4m.

27/09/2024

A district council in Devon has added a new tractor to its fleet to help with maintenance and conservation work.

24/09/2024

Hammersmith & Fulham Council have partnered with Veolia to add eight new electric cargo bikes to their fleet.

20/09/2024

Cumberland Council’s executive has signed off a new fleet strategy and action plan for acquiring greener vehicles.

20/09/2024

A Devon council has approved plans for a new waste vehicle depot despite concerns raised by residents.

19/09/2024

Workshop equipment providers Totalkare have partnered with Wheeldon Brothers Waste Ltd to boost the latter’s maintenance capabilities.

16/09/2024

A new load cell and AI detection system have been designed by c-trace for front end loaders.

16/09/2024

Fareham Borough Council has bought 10 walk-behind broadcast salt spreaders ahead of winter.

13/09/2024

Vehicle manufacturer Dennis Eagle has installed new dashcams on more than 100 vehicles as part of a video-enabled driver protection solution.

13/09/2024

Suez is set to continue collecting waste and recycling across South Gloucestershire under a new eight-year contract worth £120m.

13/09/2024

Fife Council has procured 22 new refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) from a local supplier.

13/09/2024

The next joint waste, recycling and street cleansing contract in north and east Hertfordshire has been awarded to Veolia.

06/09/2024

The Highland Council has taken delivery of two new double decker buses.

06/09/2024

Wakefield Council has spent more than £450,000 adding 22 new vehicles to its low emission fleet.

06/09/2024

First Mile, a UK-based waste company, has acquired the commercial waste collection arm of Redbridge Council.

04/09/2024

Islington Council has called on primary school pupils to help name its new food waste recycling vehicle.

30/08/2024

Neath Port Talbot Council has announced that it has 50 electric and low-emission vehicles operating across its services.

30/08/2024

A town council in Somerset has added two electric vehicles (EVs) to its fleet to support its open spaces team.

29/08/2024

Local government recycling officers have urged the new Government to provide clarification on waste and recycling policies.

29/08/2024

Carmarthenshire County Council has used funding from the Welsh Government to buy 10 electric cars and 30 electric vans.

29/08/2024

Leicester City Council has spent £763,000 procuring nine new street-cleaning machines.

23/08/2024

The City of Edinburgh Council has made its biggest ever fleet purchase, buying 69 diesel refuse collection vehicles (RCVs).

23/08/2024

West Lindsey District Council has renewed its 12-year relationship with Dennis Eagle and added four new refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) to its fleet.

21/08/2024

There are ‘massive disparities’ in the number of bins that UK councils ask residents to sort their rubbish into, a new survey has revealed.

21/08/2024

Refuse workers in Sheffield have walked out in an ‘indefinite’ period of industrial action over union recognition.

16/08/2024

A union has criticised cash-strapped Birmingham City Council over plans to cut the salaries of refuse workers.

15/08/2024

A new electric street sweeper is cleaning up Blaby following the district council’s successful bid for grant funding.

14/08/2024

A strike by refuse workers that was set to hit Scotland this week has been suspended after council leaders made a new pay offer.

14/08/2024

Forest of Dean District Council has said it hopes its new electric recycling vehicles will act as a ‘catalyst’ for other rural authorities.

09/08/2024

A pilot scheme supported by Somerset Council will enable residents in a block of flats to recycle their electricals more conveniently.

09/08/2024

Newport City Council has granted planning permission for a small solar farm that it plans to use to power its refuse vehicles.

09/08/2024

Oxfordshire and Suffolk county councils have joined a scheme to share their electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

08/08/2024

A new 27t electric refuse vehicle has begun collecting waste and recycling across North Northamptonshire.

26/07/2024

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council has agreed to loan its wholly owned services company £15m to replace its vehicles.

26/07/2024

Mansfield District Council has invested in five more electric vans with the aim of reducing carbon emissions and saving fuel costs.

26/07/2024

Swansea Council is investing more than £8m into the renewal of its entire fleet of recycling and waste collection vehicles.

26/07/2024

Forest of Dean District Council has agreed a new route map for decarbonising its vehicle fleet by 2030.

19/07/2024

North East Derbyshire District Council has sent out a massive ‘thank you’ to all the schools and pupils who took part in a recent bin lorry naming competition.

19/07/2024

A new electric powered lorry will be used to collect waste in the local area as North Northamptonshire Council continues its work to become carbon neutral.

15/07/2024

Aebi Schmidt UK is aiming to take safety to another level with its new Street King 660 truck-mounted sweeper which is jam-packed with the very latest safety features.

12/07/2024

Calderdale Council has agreed to buy its own fleet of 13 refuse collection vehicles (RCVs).

09/07/2024

Cornwall Council has launched food waste collections for the first time in the west of the county.

08/07/2024

Somerset Council will consider paying an extra £47m over six years for waste services after its contractor disclosed it was making significant losses in the area.

05/07/2024

All refuse workers’ strikes in South Tyneside that had been due to take place this month have now been called off.

05/07/2024

Waste and recycling workers in Scotland have voted to go on strike during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as part of an ongoing pay dispute.

28/06/2024

Renfrewshire Council has signed off the purchase of three new diesel refuse collection vehicles (RCVs).

28/06/2024

Refuse collection rounds in Taunton have been severely disrupted by a serious accident on the M5 this morning.

28/06/2024

Refuse workers in the London borough of Redbridge are to escalate their industrial dispute with a ban on overtime working, trade union Unite has announced.

28/06/2024

The Scottish Government has been asked for funding to implement a looming ban on sending biodegradable waste to landfill.

21/06/2024

The Resource & Waste Management Expo (RWM) is where you'll connect with the biggest players in waste, recycling and resource.

21/06/2024

Surrey County Council has installed a pop-up solar car park and electric vehicle (EV) charging hub.

20/06/2024

Three local authorities in the north east of England are considering alternative approaches to paper collection after a drop in recycling levels.

20/06/2024

Refuse workers in the London borough of Redbridge will strike next month over a ‘deterioration’ of working conditions.

18/06/2024

Denbighshire County Council has apologised after waste from thousands of households was not collected as a new recycling service was rolled out.

14/06/2024

A cooperation agreement between Glasgow City Council and West Dunbartonshire Council has been developed to improve services relating to the net zero transition.

13/06/2024

A local authority in Lancashire has bought four new minibuses for its youth and community transport services.

13/06/2024

Councils are considering seeking legal advice over statutory guidance that will tell local authorities to collect residual waste at least every two weeks, The MJ understands.

11/06/2024

Broxbourne Council has awarded vehicle hire company Fiveways Group a new five-year contract.

10/06/2024

Preston City Council has added safety and tracking technology to its 14 new refuse collection vehicles.

07/06/2024

Rushcliffe Borough Council’s new hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) bin lorries have been rolled out across the borough.

07/06/2024

The full membership of the new independent Council for Net Zero Transport has been announced by Zemo Partnership.

07/06/2024

Residents of Tidenham parish are celebrating the launch of a new electric van which is enabling residents to make local journeys that are cost free and less harmful to the environment.

05/06/2024

National infrastructure solutions firm McCann has added three new Mercedes eVito vans to its ever-expanding fleet of company cars, vans, trucks and plant.

31/05/2024

Biffa has today entered into an agreement to acquire Renewi’s municipal business in the UK.

31/05/2024

Nottingham City Council is leading a programme installing charge points across the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (D2N2) region to encourage public sector bodies to use electric vehicles (EV).

31/05/2024

The City of Edinburgh Council is rolling out 72 electric charging bays to be used by its car club provider.

30/05/2024

Residents of Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire have been reminded to dispose of batteries safely and responsibly after seven fires involving bin lorries so far this year.

30/05/2024

Four electric heavy goods vehicles have joined Brighton and Hove City Council’s refuse and recycling service.

24/05/2024

Glasgow City Council plans to spend £5.3m on 22 vehicles that are compliant with its low emission zone (LEZ) – almost a year after enforcement of the zone began.

24/05/2024

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has taken delivery of two diesel mechanical road sweepers for its street cleansing fleet.

24/05/2024

The City of Edinburgh Council’s fleet still contains 41 vehicles that operate within its low emission zone (LEZ) but are non-compliant, with enforcement of the zone to begin next week.

24/05/2024

West Midlands’ RS Recovery has invested in a range of Totalkare equipment as part of a multi-bay workshop refit project that will enhance their fleet repair and maintenance operations.

24/05/2024

The London Borough of Sutton has appointed resource management experts Veolia to deliver waste and street cleansing services as part of a new eight-year contract starting in April 2025.

22/05/2024

North Norfolk District Council is piloting two electric pool vehicles to reduce its business travel emissions.

16/05/2024

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council has added a micro lorry to its fleet to help access narrow streets.

16/05/2024

Waste management company Biffa has confirmed it is taking legal action against the Scottish Government for losses incurred after the scrapping of the deposit return scheme (DRS).

15/05/2024

Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) has announced a new partnership with contract hire and fleet management company Specialist Fleet Services Ltd (SFS).

15/05/2024

There has been a 70% increase in the number of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries thrown in household bins.

15/05/2024

A council vehicle got stuck on a beach in Poole last week and a second vehicle, sent to the rescue, was also unable to get off the sand.

13/05/2024

Somerset Council’s waste collection contract is at risk after Suez disclosed ‘significant losses’ and said it may have to end the deal early.

09/05/2024

Councils in England will be able to collect recyclables, such as plastic, metal, glass, paper, and card, in one container as part of the Simpler Recycling reforms, recycling minister Robbie Moore has confirmed.

08/05/2024

Vehicle hire and waste services specialists, Go Plant, has been bought by Sussex-based Sweeptech Environmental Services.

08/05/2024

Medway Council has purchased 46 new refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) for £5m less than was budgeted for last year.

03/05/2024

Two new pedal assist e-cargo vehicles are being used to restock catering outlets and public toilets along the coast in Bournemouth and Poole.

03/05/2024

Rutland’s new refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) have made ‘significant improvements’ to a service that had been hindered by regular breakdowns, the county council has said.

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A convoy of 16 brand new kerbside recycling vehicles has arrived in North Devon ready to carry out weekly collections across the district.

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A council investigation has been launched after a bin lorry operative was run over by his own refuse collection vehicle in Walsall.

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St Helens Borough Council has procured 32 new electric vehicles (EVs).

27/03/2024

Public services provider Serco is trialling refurbished electric vehicles (EV) across Basingstoke and Deane, Rushmoor, and Hart councils.

27/03/2024

Rushcliffe Borough Council’s refuse collection vehicles are going veggie soon with most of its fleet switching to operate on hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO).

26/03/2024

Local authorities in England will share up to £295m in funding to help them introduce weekly food waste collections, Recycling Minister Robbie Moore has announced.

22/03/2024

The Isle of Wight Council and Southern Vectis have been successful in their bid for funding that will see a new fleet of 22 zero emission buses arrive on the Island.

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08/03/2024

An autonomous robot designed to detect and fill cracks on roads has passed its first test outside of a laboratory.

06/03/2024

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has once again frozen fuel duty for 12 months - a move that has been a staple of Conservative governments since the start of the coalition.

05/03/2024

North Somerset Council has launched a trial to stop ‘inconsiderately parked cars’ blocking refuse and recycling collections.

05/03/2024

Many local authorities have fallen significantly behind on their electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure plans, new research has found.

01/03/2024

The first process lines for the safe treatment of nitrous oxide canisters in the UK have been launched by waste management company Veolia.

29/02/2024

The leader of Somerset Council has welcomed the confirmation that Bridgwater in Somerset will be the location of a new £4bn electric vehicle (EV) battery factory, expected to generate around 4,000 jobs.

27/02/2024

Councils must still have the autonomy to run waste services according to local need under new packaging reforms, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

27/02/2024

Fifteen new refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) are all set to take on the waste and recycling rounds in Crawley, the borough council has announced.

27/02/2024

An initiative run by Cherwell District Council has seen more than a million coffee pods – weighing 16.4 tonnes – recycled in eight months.

22/02/2024

Bin crews in Thurrock have repeatedly trapped a disabled woman in her home by not returning her bins to the proper place, an ombudsman has found.

22/02/2024

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is trialling the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to fuel 10 of its vehicles.

22/02/2024

Cumberland Council has launched a consultation on the future of its waste collection service following the reorganisation of Cumbria’s authorities.

20/02/2024

Cornwall Council has asked the public to help name its gritter fleet, and wants to see suggestions that reflect the county’s ‘distinctiveness’.

20/02/2024

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is looking to replace its maintenance fleet with electric vehicles.

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12/02/2024

Electric-powered equipment will soon be cleaning the streets of Wood Green, Haringey Council and resource management firm Veolia have announced.

09/02/2024

Birmingham City Council has appointed Veolia UK to treat the city's waste and recycling and operate the recycling centres.

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Hyndburn Borough Council has entered its fourteenth year with vehicle partner Specialist Fleet Services Ltd (SFS), having just awarded a new contract for the provision of five new refuse collection vehicles.

31/01/2024

Leeds City Council, which operates the second largest refuse and recycling collection fleet outside of London, is modernising its fleet management system with Fleetclear.

29/01/2024

A nationwide recycling service for takeaway drinks cups has been launched by waste management firm Biffa.

29/01/2024

Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK to protect children’s health and tackle the growing stream of waste they create, the Government announced today.

26/01/2024

Uttlesford District Council has called off its domestic, trade and garden waste collections after its fleet vehicle operator’s licence was revoked.

26/01/2024

UK highways specialist Ringway has signed a ‘landmark’ contract to take delivery of Econ Engineering’s fully electric-powered gritter.

25/01/2024

Commercial vehicle wrapping company Creative Vehicle Wrapping (CVW) is celebrating achieving two major certifications.

25/01/2024

Veolia has been awarded a two-year contract extension to continue its waste management work in the London Borough of Haringey.

19/01/2024

Brent Council is rolling out nine electric collection and street cleansing vehicles in partnership with Veolia.

19/01/2024

The first of 159 electric buses have gone into service as part of a £82.5m project run by Oxfordshire County Council in partnership bus operators.

18/01/2024

Stratford-on-Avon District Council's cabinet has approved in principle the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) for its refuse collection fleet.

18/01/2024

A refuse collection vehicle caught fire in Portsmouth last week after a lithium-ion battery was incorrectly disposed of in a household recycling bin.

17/01/2024

Appetite for government intervention to reduce the use of packaging, either through taxes or bans, is lower among MPs than with the public, new research has found.

15/01/2024

The batteries in two bin lorries powered 110 households for more than two hours in a ‘pioneering’ application of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.

15/01/2024

The AA attended more than 600,000 incidents involving vehicles damaged by potholes last year, new figures released on National Pothole Day today reveal.

11/01/2024

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have agreed to keep their joint contract with Biffa until June 2026.

11/01/2024

Bins across South Tyneside could go uncollected for eight weeks as refuse workers strike over what has been called a ‘toxic bullying culture’.

10/01/2024

The number of pothole-related claims increased by a record 40% last year when compared to 2022, the latest data from Admiral Car Insurance has revealed.

10/01/2024

The world's first autonomous pothole repair robot, developed by tech company Robotiz3d, is about to undergo its first road test on the network in Hertfordshire.

20/12/2023

Hertfordshire County Council and bus operator Uno have agreed a deal to phase out part of their diesel fleet and introduce 27 new electric buses.

15/12/2023

A new report from the Transport Planning Society (TPS) argues that current parking practice promotes car use and outlines 18 policy recommendations to encourage lower carbon travel.

15/12/2023

Hertfordshire County Council’s gritters have found fame with a guest spot on BBC Radio 2.

14/12/2023

A brand-new fleet of 22 Romaquip Kerb Sort recycling vehicles have been wrapped and personalised with their own names before going into service for Swindon Borough Council in time for Christmas.

13/12/2023

The Forest of Dean District Council has taken a significant step in its fleet decarbonisation journey with a trial of its first fully electric vehicle.

08/12/2023

New Workplace Recycling Regulations have been passed in Wales, which will require all businesses to separate recyclable materials.

08/12/2023

Hull City Council has announced that it will invest £150,000 in new electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

06/12/2023

Warrington Borough Council has lost a High Court bid to stop its refuse workers going out on strike.

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04/12/2023

Three local authorities in Oxfordshire have joined forces to install 60 new recycling collection points for vapes across the county.

01/12/2023

A ‘lack of clarity’ around the Government’s recycling reforms is preventing councils from preparing for the upcoming changes, according to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

01/12/2023

Fleetclear has appointed a new business development manager to focus on the expansion of the company’s fleet management software solution, Fleetclear Connect.

01/12/2023

Osmonds Transport & Planing Ltd has teamed up with Fleetclear to ensure its sweeper fleet maintains the Gold membership standards as required by the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS*).

29/11/2023

The first on-street electric vehicle charging bays as part of a collaboration with Uber and charge point provider Zest have been launched in Brent.

28/11/2023

Warwickshire County Council has introduced an electric van to its home library service fleet.

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24/11/2023

Salisbury City Council has announced that they have added four new electric vans to their fleet of vehicles.

24/11/2023

SSE Energy Solutions is set to build its first fully electric charging hub for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) at Tyseley Energy Park in Birmingham, West Midlands.

24/11/2023

The school run in Wolverhampton just got greener thanks to a new electric minibus operated by the city council.

24/11/2023

Isle of Wight Council has urged motorists to 'keep your crew safe' by showing patience when following waste collection trucks.

22/11/2023

The Autumn Statement gave a major boost to the electric vehicle (EV) market with £2bn of investment and a pledge to reform the planning system to prioritise the roll-out of charge points.

17/11/2023

A report that describes a ‘toxic’ working environment at Brighton and Hove City Council’s waste service includes accounts of staff bringing weapons into the depot.

17/11/2023

An upcycled electric vehicle produced by the clean technology firm Lunaz saves 344 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions compared to a new diesel equivalent, according to a new study.

17/11/2023

Transport secretary Mark Harper has confirmed the allocations of an £8.3bn plan to resurface England’s pothole-marked road system, set out in the wake of HS2 cuts.

17/11/2023

A plan for weekly food waste collections from homes in Sheffield could be delayed by up to 15 years.

15/11/2023

Norfolk County Council has purchased 27 new gritters as part of its efforts to keep Norfolk moving safely during the winter months.

10/11/2023

Hillingdon Council has selected parking operator APCOA to deliver an electric vehicle (EV) charging network by 2030.

10/11/2023

Hull City Council has acquired three new accessible buses for its school transport services for young people with disabilities.

10/11/2023

Taunton Recycling Site is set to reopen after a month-long closure caused by a major fire.

10/11/2023

Vehicle rental company CTS Hire has been granted an operator’s licence by the Traffic Commissioners.

10/11/2023

The RAC has dealt with the highest number of pothole-related breakdowns seen in any third quarter since its records began in 2006.

03/11/2023

Redbridge Council is trialling a spray injection patching machine to fix potholes across the borough.

03/11/2023

City of Wolverhampton Council has taken delivery of a new electric mini excavator to replace its old diesel version.

03/11/2023

Islington Council has completed works that it says will eventually support the electrification of its entire vehicle fleet.

03/11/2023

The proportion of waste that is recycled has remained almost unchanged, meaning the Government has still not met its target to recycle 50% of household waste, a report has found.

31/10/2023

Bury Council has taken delivery of 10 electric vehicles, which will replace old diesel versions.

27/10/2023

Comedian Jack Whitehall has presented a new video which explains how clean-technology firm Lunaz creates upcycled electric vehicles.

27/10/2023

Workshop equipment providers Totalkare have announced a partnership with wheel alignment manufacturers Hunter Engineering Company.

27/10/2023

Bedford Borough Council has purchased eight sweepers from Aebi Schmidt.

23/10/2023

City of Wolverhampton Council is trialling the use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) to fuel its fleet as a way of reducing carbon emissions.

23/10/2023

Councils were relieved not to lose all local discretion in the Government’s waste collection reforms but have said questions remain, including over funding.

20/10/2023

Reading Borough Council has announced an ‘innovative’ fully electric road line marking machine.

20/10/2023

Infrastructure solutions company, Costain, will use its expertise in sustainability to create a blueprint for the decarbonisation of operations at Swindon Borough Council’s largest facility, the Waterside Park depot.

20/10/2023

A recycling company has been fined £40,000 after its failure to maintain the lifting equipment on a refuse vehicle caused the death of an employee.

20/10/2023

A total of 38 brand new gritting vehicles are now available to help keep Surrey moving during the colder months, the county council has announced.

13/10/2023

Carbon-cutting steps are being taken by Cumberland Council to make more of their vehicles greener and cleaner.

11/10/2023

A new fleet is due to arrive at Teignbridge District Council in Spring 2024, as part of the council’s ongoing contract hire agreement with fleet and workshop management company Specialist Fleet Services Ltd (SFS).

11/10/2023

Five brand-new Dennis Eagle trucks have arrived at Middlesbrough Council’s Resolution House depot and will be joined by three more in the coming weeks.

11/10/2023

The acquisition of eight new electric cars will help Hull City Council reduce its carbon footprint, the local authority has said.

10/10/2023

Dennis Eagle has won the tender for a four-year framework to provide waste collection vehicles in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire for the third consecutive time.

06/10/2023

Charge-point mapping service Zapmap has published statistics on the UK’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure, which shows there were almost 50,000 installed public charging devices as of September 2023.

06/10/2023

An investigation has been launched after a refuse collection vehicle in North Wales was partially swallowed up by a sinkhole.

06/10/2023

Cotswold District Council has warned residents of the risks of binning lithium-ion batteries after a fire broke out this week in one of its refuse collection vehicles (RCV).

06/10/2023

Primary school children in West Lindsey have been invited to name the council’s refuse collection vehicles.

03/10/2023

Vehicle graphics firm, EPIC Media Group, has been acquired by GRS Fleet Graphics, part of the Tosca Capital Group.

29/09/2023

West Sussex County Council has received £5.5m to pay for the installation of up to 1,000 electric vehicle (EV) charge points.

29/09/2023

The number of publicly available electric vehicle (EV) charge points in England’s county and rural areas lags ‘far behind’ major towns and cities, according to a report.

29/09/2023

Bath & North East Somerset Council has invested in eight electric vans as part of its new fleet of vehicles used for highway maintenance.

26/09/2023

Kingston Council is rolling out electric recycling and refuse collection vehicles in partnership with Veolia.

26/09/2023

Cornwall has installed 184 electric vehicle charge points as part of a plan aimed to improve coverage in rural parts of the county.

22/09/2023

Fleet solution provider Fleetclear has equipped Milton Keynes City Council’s new fleet with live camera recording systems to track and enhance the safety of the vehicles and consolidate vehicle and driver data using its Fleetclear Connect software.

21/09/2023

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has delayed the Government's ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2030 to 2035, potentially slowing the transition to electric vehicles.

15/09/2023

Walsall Council has taken its fight against weeds to the next level with the purchase of a vehicle mounted spray unit and an electric quad bike.

12/09/2023

Peterborough City Council has taken delivery of its first electric refuse collection vehicles (RCVs).

08/09/2023

A Surrey authority is installing 25 electric vehicle (EV) charge points across eight council-owned sites.

08/09/2023

Waste management company Biffa has placed an initial order with Lunaz to convert 10 of its diesel refuse trucks to clean-air electric powertrains.

05/09/2023

Rutland County Council plans to spend up to £2.069m on 15 diesel vehicles for its refuse and recycling fleet following several breakdowns.

05/09/2023

Delays to waste collection reforms are seeing authorities hold back on transforming their fleets and procuring electric vehicles.

25/08/2023

More than £400m in fees and penalties has been generated from vehicle emission schemes in England, a freedom of information (FOI) request has revealed.

24/08/2023

Gloucestershire County Council is set to begin the rollout of 1,000 electric vehicle charging points at the end of this month.

22/08/2023

The job of keeping the towns of Carterton and Woodstock clean will be greener following the purchase of two new fully electric street sweepers by West Oxfordshire District Council.

22/08/2023

Penzance Council has adopted a range of electric vehicles (EVs) to help it deliver street weeding services and playground maintenance.

22/08/2023

The leader of Orkney Islands Council has called on the Government to help fund the replacement of Orkney's ferry fleet, which could cost up to £800m.

18/08/2023

The majority of drivers want to see cameras installed to catch drivers who rev their cars unnecessarily or whose vehicles have illegally loud exhausts.

17/08/2023

Webfleet, Bridgestone’s fleet management solution, has entered into a partnership with new e-fleet solutions provider VEV to accelerate commercial EV fleet adoption.

17/08/2023

Northumberland County Council has launched a new state-of-the-art?solar car port array – one of the biggest of its kind in the UK.

15/08/2023

More than 70% of local authorities do not have a published strategy in place for residential on-street charging for electric vehicles (EV), a freedom of information request has revealed.

14/08/2023

Argyll and Bute Council’s use of drones to deliver critical services to remote and rural communities has been nominated for a COSLA Excellence Award.

11/08/2023

Refuse workers in the Workington area of Cumbria went on strike yesterday as part of a long-term dispute with the local authority.

11/08/2023

Telford & Wrekin Libraries has launched a new electric book delivery van.

09/08/2023

An inquiry into electric vehicles (EVs) has today been launched to help the Government better understand how the UK will reach net zero.

08/08/2023

Webfleet, Bridgestone’s fleet management solution, has smashed the Guinness World Records title for the greatest distance travelled by an electric van on a single charge.

04/08/2023

A council depot has officially reopened as a ‘low carbon’ site following an £8.3m makeover.

04/08/2023

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced that the ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) scrappage scheme will be expanded, with grants of £2,000 being made available to all Londoners who own a non ULEZ-compliant car or motorbike.

04/08/2023

Horsham District Council has updated its street cleansing fleet with two electric sweepers, which replace diesel versions.

03/08/2023

Highland Council said the installation of electric vehicle (EV) chargers across the region has enabled it to make significant progress in decarbonising its fleet and responding to the climate emergency.

03/08/2023

A scheme in Horsham has seen half a million coffee pods collected and recycled in its first six months of operation.

28/07/2023

Stroud residents are being warned not to discard batteries at home after a fire was started in a recycling truck.

27/07/2023

NRG Riverside has delivered seven fully electric food waste trucks to Basildon Borough Council as part of an innovative contract hire agreement.

26/07/2023

Cheshire West and Chester Council has replaced its mobile library vehicle with an electric version.

26/07/2023

Durham County Council has added 29 new electric vehicles to its fleet as part of its vehicle replacement programme.

25/07/2023

Local authority leaders have called for ‘clear, realistic timelines’ on waste policy after the Government announced a further delay to extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.

21/07/2023

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council has partnered with Vision Techniques to install new safety equipment.

20/07/2023

Westminster City Council and Veolia are rolling out the UK’s largest electric refuse collection fleet, with vehicles powered by the waste they collect.

18/07/2023

Energy firm SSE has become the first UK utility to trial First Hydrogen’s hydrogen-powered van.

18/07/2023

Food waste collections in Lewes have become more environmentally friendly this week with the trial of new all-electric collection vehicles.

17/07/2023

Work has begun to install one of the biggest electric charging hubs in the UK, which will be located at the depot of Go-Ahead Group’s Oxford Bus Company.

13/07/2023

Tricycle manufacturer, Jorvik Tricycles, has partnered with Blackpool Council’s waste and environmental services company, Enveco NW Environmental Services, to provide them with a range of tricycles.

12/07/2023

First Aberdeen has taken delivery of 24 brand new electric buses ensuring its fleet is now 40% emission free.

11/07/2023

Resource management company Veolia has installed its first electric 360 telehandler in the UK.

11/07/2023

CTS Hire has purchased 10 new refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) in what it describes as its most significant fleet investment to date.

10/07/2023

Cardiff Council is considering purchasing 41 new diesel vehicles for its recycling collection fleet as part of its plans to improve its recycling strategy.

07/07/2023

Automotive trade association, the BVRLA, has launched a campaign that will support more local authorities in developing electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure strategies.

07/07/2023

FAUN-Zoeller UK has announced the acquisition of C.P. Davidson LTD as part of its UK strategic plan.

07/07/2023

Grundon Waste Management has unveiled its first electric waste collection vehicles powered directly by electricity generated from customer waste.

07/07/2023

Charge point operator Believ has been chosen by London’s Cross River Partnership (CRP) as the sole supplier of EV charging facilities to the Defra-funded Smarter Green Logistics (SGL) project.

07/07/2023

West Lindsey District Council has successfully installed solar panels on six of their waste collection vehicles.

30/06/2023

The Government ‘still lacks effective long-term plans to reduce waste,’ according to a watchdog’s new report.

30/06/2023

NRG Riverside has been awarded an initial eight-year contract-hire agreement to supply 40 vehicles with complete repair and maintenance support by Urbaser.

30/06/2023

More than 5,800 extra green buses are needed in England by 2030 to reach net zero and support the levelling up agenda, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

28/06/2023

North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) is switching its fleet to the Fleetclear Connect software platform.

26/06/2023

Fleet solution provider Fleetclear is launching a personal tracking device to improve safety for lone workers.

15/06/2023

A new analysis has revealed that the shortage of technicians who are qualified to work on electric vehicles has created a postcode lottery that could undermine consumer confidence.

15/06/2023

Dawsongroup emc, the contract hire supplier of industrial, municipal and specialist vehicles, has broken ground on a new purpose-built site in Yorkshire, following a 42% increase in turnover in the past two years.

15/06/2023

Telford & Wrekin Council has marked Clean Air Day today by announcing that it has added a further eight electric vehicles to its fleet.

15/06/2023

Test Valley Borough Council’s fleet of vehicles have now all switched from using diesel fuel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), cutting carbon dioxide fuel emissions by up to 95%.

14/06/2023

Webfleet, Bridgestone’s globally trusted fleet management solution, has announced that Renault Group vehicles will participate in Webfleet’s OEM.connect programme.

09/06/2023

North Northamptonshire Council has awarded a 7-year contract to Specialist Fleet Services Ltd (SFS) for the provision and maintenance of around 45 vehicles.

09/06/2023

Leeds City Council has given the green light to a new public e-bike hire service.

08/06/2023

Enfield Council has had AI-powered vehicle cameras fitted on its first fully-electric refuse collection vehicle (eRCV).

08/06/2023

The first Buckinghamshire bin lorry to become fully electric will begin its up-cycling and electrification process as part of a new partnership between Buckinghamshire Council and Lunaz.

07/06/2023

Residents of Reading are being offered the opportunity to name the council’s first five electric bin lorries in a competition launched to coincide with the town’s Climate Change Festival.

06/06/2023

A full fleet of Dennis Eagle refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) has been ordered by Milton Keynes City Council as part of its roll-out of a new waste and recycling contract.

02/06/2023

Applied Driving has teamed up with telematics experts VisionTrack to develop a video-enabled safe driving solution.

02/06/2023

A plan to make food manufacturers pay councils for the collection and recycling of packaging waste is facing opposition from retailers and manufacturers.

31/05/2023

Fleetclear has been awarded a 3-year (+ 1 year) contract to provide tracking and telematics equipment for Kirklees Council’s fleet, comprising over 800 vehicles.

31/05/2023

Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC) has taken delivery of an all-electric refuse collection vehicle (eRCV) to assess how it performs against that of a conventional diesel engine, whilst collecting waste from households across the Borough over the coming weeks.

31/05/2023

Plans for a new electric vehicle (EV) charging hub near Leeds have been submitted to the city council following ‘overwhelming’ public approval.

26/05/2023

Mercedes-Benz Truck Dealer City West Commercials has joined forces with leading sweeper manufacturer Scarab to build a one-of-a-kind demonstrator vehicle.

26/05/2023

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service will launch its ‘Name the Fire Engine’ competition at next week’s Suffolk Show.

25/05/2023

Waste collection vehicle specialist, Fiveways Group, has been awarded a short-term contact to empty new underground bins installed by the London Borough of Havering.

23/05/2023

The Central District Alliance (CDA) has announced the deployment of its new fleet of zero emission, electric assisted vehicles (EAVs) in Holborn and Clerkenwell.

19/05/2023

A project aimed at developing emergency vehicles powered by hydrogen instead of fossil fuels has moved a step forward after receiving a boost of nearly £4m.

18/05/2023

Trakm8 and CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, have partnered to equip City Fibre’s fleet of vans with the RH600 4G Integrated Telematics Camera to help monitor driving behaviour and improve fleet safety.

18/05/2023

The Ashcourt Group UK has taken delivery of its first two fully electric 18 tonne Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide skip loaders.

18/05/2023

Eastleigh Borough Council’s chief executive James Strachan joined the council’s waste and recycling crew last week to lend a hand with our garden waste collection service.

16/05/2023

North Somerset Council is claiming a first with an innovative new way to collect recycling and waste.

12/05/2023

W H Malcolm has partnered with Vision Techniques to install road safety equipment across its fleet of 45 vehicles.

11/05/2023

Staff at Urbaser Ltd, the environmental services company responsible for delivering street cleaning for the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (RBWM), worked tirelessly over King Charles’ Coronation weekend to ensure the Borough remained in good order throughout the festivities.

10/05/2023

A pioneering company that gives electric vehicle (EV) batteries a second life is inviting fleet operators and automotive OEMs to join its supplier network.

10/05/2023

North Tyneside Council is using LIVE camera systems from fleet technology company Fleetclear to counter anti-social behaviour in the district and protect crews.

10/05/2023

Northumberland County Council’s new food waste vehicle has been named by some keen students who took part in a competition as part of the council’s food waste recycling trial.

10/05/2023

Ministers are to lay legislation on Wednesday (10 May) to allow longer lorries to operate on roads in Great Britain.

10/05/2023

Dundee Council has opened its fourth public electric vehicle (EV) charging hub, which places a particular emphasis on making charging more accessible for drivers with a disability.

09/05/2023

Electra Commercial Vehicles, the zero-emissions OEM based in Lancashire, has launched its all-new, 12.5-tonne eCargo, electric waste vehicle platform.

09/05/2023

Dawsongroup emc, the UK’s leading contract hire supplier of industrial, municipal, and specialist vehicles, is set to showcase its fleet at the APSE Scotland Fleet, Waste and Grounds Seminar this May.

05/05/2023

The number of public electric vehicle (EV) charge points increased by over 3,000 in the first quarter of this year, up 8% compared to the start of January.

04/05/2023

Birmingham City Council has opened a new state-of-the-art ‘super depot’ for its waste management service, replacing two outdated yards.

04/05/2023

Independent family-owned Shorts Group has been able to win extra business after adding two truck-mounted Street King 660 sweepers from Aebi Schmidt to its hire fleet.

03/05/2023

Local authorities face ‘Kafkaesque’ barriers to achieving net zero goals, a new report backed by the Government’s net zero tsar Chris Skidmore MP has concluded.

02/05/2023

Bedford Borough Council has added 16 new electric vehicles (EVs) to its fleet as part of its plans to reduce its carbon emissions.

28/04/2023

Wigan Council has cut engine idling by 29% across its mixed fleet of 320 vehicles, which includes HGVs, LCVs and cars, thanks to a tailor-made telematics solution from MICHELIN Connected Fleet.

27/04/2023

Biffa and the vehicle electrification and upcycling business Lunaz have teamed up to convert one of Britain’s largest fleet of bin lorries to electric – a move that received a thumbs up from David Beckham.

26/04/2023

Preston City Council is currently trialling an electric refuse collection vehicle on waste and recycling collections to get a better idea of the pros and cons of electric vehicle technology.

25/04/2023

The North East’s largest council has bolstered its road sweeping fleet in order to keep communities clean and tidy.

24/04/2023

Veolia has launched a national vape collection service to help provide safe disposal and recycling routes for the 143 million vapes thrown away each year.

21/04/2023

The heavy goods vehicle (HGV) sector has called for an urgent, Government-led strategy to drive uptake of zero emission trucks to meet decarbonisation targets.

21/04/2023

Knowsley Council has welcomed a decision by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to convert its production plant in Merseyside into the firm's first all-electric facility.

18/04/2023

Workers employed by Allerdale Waste Services will begin strike action later this month in a dispute over pay, Unite have announced.

13/04/2023

International supply chain company Dawsongroup plc has placed an order for 270 3.5-tonne IVECO Daily vans to give its customers further choice in 2023.

13/04/2023

Lewes District Council has commissioned Vision Techniques to install a range of its road safety equipment across its fleet of 40 vehicles.

06/04/2023

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is putting new purchasing arrangements in place as it buys increasing amounts of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).

06/04/2023

Burnley Council has equipped its entire refuse collection vehicle (RCV) and sweeper fleet, comprising 17 vehicles, with live camera systems.

04/04/2023

Islington Council has welcomed a new electric minibus to its accessible community transport fleet.

30/03/2023

Hackney Council has signed a contract with charging infrastructure provider Zest to provide and operate its charge point roll-out of 2,500 fast and slow chargers.

28/03/2023

Tower Hamlets Council has taken delivery of its first electric bin lorry as part of the local authority’s effort to replace its existing fleet of diesel and petrol cars, vans and scooters.

27/03/2023

A decrease of 7.5% in carbon emissions has been achieved in Dover as part of the local authority’s new environmental services contract with Veolia.

27/03/2023

A 27-year-old man has been arrested after a number of refuse collectors were assaulted in Stoke-on-Trent, the Staffordshire Police have confirmed.

27/03/2023

More than £1.5m is to be invested in refuse collection vehicles, North Lincolnshire Council has confirmed.

24/03/2023

Sheffield Council is introducing fully insured vehicles as part of its popular electric van trial.

24/03/2023

Enfield Council has taken delivery of its first fully-electric 26 tonne Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide Low Entry Cab rear steer axle refuse truck.

23/03/2023

Spelthorne Borough Council in Surrey has retained Specialist Fleet Services Ltd (SFS) as its fleet provider after announcing the award of a second contract commencing in June 2023.

23/03/2023

The first of a new fleet of electric vehicles has arrived at Bury Council as the borough strives to reduce its carbon emissions.

23/03/2023

Electric vehicle owners in Surrey will soon have access to 10,000 public EV chargers as the county council announces the largest deployment of charge points by a UK local authority.

22/03/2023

Gloucester City Council, the latest shareholder in environmental services company Ubico, has given its kerbside recycling fleet a vinyl wrapping makeover.

21/03/2023

Nottingham City Council has launched a UK-first vehicle-to-grid (V2G) demonstrator project to show how technology can be used to improve energy demands during fleet electrification.

21/03/2023

An estimated 40% of local authorities in the UK are yet to engage with the fleet sector when considering electric vehicle (EV) charging needs, according to new research.

21/03/2023

A new fleet of vans, featuring the latest electric and next generation diesel vehicles, has arrived at Somerset West and Taunton (SWT) this month as part of the council’s plans to transition to sustainable vehicle technology.

16/03/2023

Rotherham Council’s cabinet is set to approve plans to commit to buy 64 new electric vehicles as part of the next stage of the vehicle fleet refresh.

16/03/2023

Test Valley Borough Council has taken delivery of three new electric powered pedestrian sweepers as part of the local authority’s effort to reduce its carbon footprint.

13/03/2023

Eight new waste lorries are on their way to Suffolk and the public is being asked to think up some names for them.

10/03/2023

Sunderland City Council has taken delivery of 12 new compact sweepers from Hako Machines Ltd.

09/03/2023

Worcestershire County Council has started to use hi-tech drones fitted with cameras to carry out bridge inspections.

09/03/2023

Leeds residents will soon see Nicole Saltslinger and Usain Salt gritting their streets thanks to the creativity of the city’s school children.

07/03/2023

Cheshire West and Chester Council’s StreetCare Service has added two e-cargo bikes to its fleet.

07/03/2023

East Hampshire District Council has announced a ‘major re-organisation’ of garden waste collection rounds which will include the introduction of a third vehicle.

02/03/2023

Operators of refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) have been urged to review their use of semi-automatic and automatic bin lifting equipment against published guidance.

02/03/2023

Liberty Charge, the electric vehicle (EV) charge point operator (CPO), is working with Brentwood Borough Council to roll out fast and rapid charging infrastructure for local residents.

02/03/2023

A £25m Government grant has supported the production of 117 new British-made zero emission electric buses.

02/03/2023

A survey of fleet operators has revealed that rising fuel costs, disruption due to the impact of COVID-19, and supply chain pressure, are the top challenges they currently face.

01/03/2023

Cheshire West and Chester Council is assessing a new vehicle to join its fleet in the fight against potholes.

24/02/2023

Leading voices in motor vehicle repair have teamed up with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to warn of the dangers of working under vehicles without proper equipment.

24/02/2023

Fiveways Group has taken delivery of the first of ten dedicated food waste collection vehicles as the vehicle hire specialist continues to expand and diversify its fleet.

24/02/2023

The recycling rates in Mid Devon have increased in the first three months since new three-weekly waste collections were introduced, the district council has reported.

21/02/2023

Sixteen local authorities are set to benefit from a £56m injection of cash aimed at driving forward the roll out of thousands of new electric vehicle (EV) charge points.

20/02/2023

Blaby District Council has received more than half a million pounds to help reduce harmful vehicle emissions under the banner of Let’s Go Electric.

17/02/2023

Electric vehicle charging capabilities at Brighton & Hove City Council’s Hollingdean depot have been ‘transformed’ by a £392,000 investment from the Carbon Neutral Fund, according to the council.

16/02/2023

ULEMCo, the hydrogen fuelled vehicle pioneer, has been awarded a major fleet-wide contract by Aberdeen City Council for its hydrogen dual-fuel utility vehicle conversions.

16/02/2023

Herefordshire Council added 47 additional Beryl e-bikes to their fleet this week, according to the local authority.

14/02/2023

Tonbridge & Malling and Tunbridge Wells councils are set to contribute towards their recycling and waste contractor’s new vehicle fleet in an effort to make collections ‘more reliable and more efficient.’

14/02/2023

Wolverhampton’s pupils will be able to travel to school in style thanks to a brand new fleet of accessible minibuses, the council has announced.

10/02/2023

Denbighshire County Council has rolled out a new electric vehicle (EV) charging hub in Rhyl with the help of the charging infrastructure business SWARCO Smart Charging.

10/02/2023

A new gritter, specially designed for cycle paths, is being trialled by Hertfordshire County Council.

08/02/2023

The South West’s leading zero to landfill waste management and recycling company, DCW, has teamed up with fleet solution provider, Fleetclear to enhance safety and keep track of its fleet and driver workforce.

07/02/2023

VisionTrack, the AI video telematics and connected fleet data specialist, is transforming commercial fleet safety with the launch of a sophisticated AI-powered post-analysis solution.

06/02/2023

NRG Riverside has recently delivered sixteen hook loaders and eleven trailers to Essex County Council on a long-term contract hire basis, including a full maintenance programme from NRG Riverside’s Colchester workshop and depot.

03/02/2023

Solihull Council has secured funding to deliver automated shuttle routes between Birmingham International rail station and Birmingham Business Park.

03/02/2023

Councils do not hold the ‘important levers to tackle air quality’, local authority leaders have said in response to the environment secretary’s clean air plans.

01/02/2023

Neil Holding has been recruited by Fleetclear as a scheduling controller, to help manage the company’s growing fleet of engineers, plan equipment installations and handle enquiries from customers across a diverse range of sectors.

31/01/2023

The second Renault E-Tech D Wide 26-tonne refuse collection vehicle (eRCV) for CTS Hire has left RH Commercial Vehicles’ (RHCV) depot. The truck is the second of two vehicles for their hire fleet.

31/01/2023

Islington Council has added an all-electric eSwingo compact sweeper from Aebi Schmidt to its growing electric fleet as it moves towards its net zero carbon target in seven years’ time.

27/01/2023

South Tyneside Council has become the first local authority in the country to hire an electric refuse vehicle of this type, from CTS Hire, on a short-term arrangement.

27/01/2023

Electric vehicle (EV) fleet and battery storage specialist Zenobe today welcomed Penny Mordaunt MP to open its brand-new Innovation Centre in Portsmouth.

26/01/2023

A new analysis has revealed that European fleets using electric vehicles (EVs) have cut their carbon emissions by more than 15 tonnes of CO2 per vehicle, per year.

24/01/2023

JCB has struck a further deal with commercial asset supplier Dawsongroup for five more of its pothole fixing machines.

24/01/2023

Bin collections in Coventry are to restart today after a senior member of the city council’s bin crew tragically lost their life while undertaking their duties.

23/01/2023

The city of Wolverhampton will now be both clean and green thanks to a quartet of zero emission road sweepers.

20/01/2023

Dover District Council has taken delivery of a fully kitted out ‘Community Roots’ van which will enable local residents to access council services out on the road.

19/01/2023

Brighton & Hove City Council has apologised after its refuse collection vehicles were unable to reach the sites of bin stores that were approved by council planners.

18/01/2023

Ed Sheerbin, Gary Bineker and Binnie the Pooh are just some of the new bin lorries making an impact in Suffolk thanks to residents’ creative name suggestions and a vehicle wrapping company.

18/01/2023

Havering Council has announced that its new waste and recycling collection contract has been awarded to Urbaser Ltd.

16/01/2023

Breast cancer awareness across South Kesteven has moved up a gear with the launch of an unmissable pink refuse collection lorry.

16/01/2023

It is with great sadness that LocalGov announces that its editor, Laura Sharman, has died after a short illness.

11/01/2023

City of York Council’s electric vehicle (EV) programme has been branded a ‘fiasco’ after it spent £8m on a fleet of electric vehicles without having the right charging infrastructure in place.

10/01/2023

Ringway Jacobs has become the first UK fleet operation to adopt Peoplesafe and SureCam’s high-tech video-enabled lone worker service.

16/12/2022

Sai Prudhvi Potta has joined the Fleetclear software development team as project manager, to help with the continuing progression and enhancement of the company’s fleet technology platform – Fleetclear Connect.

16/12/2022

Electric vehicle charging infrastructure specialist Zest has announced a partnership with Ryedale District Council to deliver 10 rapid charge points.

16/12/2022

West Dunbartonshire residents are being asked to help the council boost the uptake of electric vehicles.

15/12/2022

Copeland Borough Council has taken its vehicle maintenance service in-house.

12/12/2022

People can apply for financial support to help them upgrade their vehicle ahead of the introduction of Sheffield’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ), the city council has said.

09/12/2022

Whitespace has launched a new comprehensive integrated camera and tracking solution for recycling collection vehicles (RCVs) in its latest product release – v11.1.

08/12/2022

Belfast City Council is set to begin to transition the majority of its diesel-powered fleet to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).

08/12/2022

Britain will run out of mechanics to service the growing number of electric vehicles on its roads by the end of the decade, a think-tank has warned.

06/12/2022

Local authorities have nearly 1.5 million tonnes of salt stockpiled across the country ready to treat icy roads and pavements this winter, a new survey has revealed.

06/12/2022

Veolia has announced the completion of its sale of SUEZ recycling and recovery UK back to the French-owned Suez.

02/12/2022

Planning permission for the UK’s first drone logistics hub at Oban Airport has been granted the local council has announced.

01/12/2022

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) has become the first fire service in the country to move to a fleet of electric emergency response cars.

01/12/2022

Lewes and Eastbourne councils have told motorists to ‘drive safely’ near waste vehicles after a resident who drove his car into a bin lorry was fined £660.

28/11/2022

A new online resource to help local authorities navigate the roll out of electric vehicle charging points has been launched.

28/11/2022

Bromsgrove and Redditch councils’ shared fleet is saying goodbye to fossil fuels and welcoming hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).

28/11/2022

Planning permission has been granted to develop Europe’s largest lithium hydroxide refinery in Teesside, a move aimed at boosting the burgeoning electric vehicle battery industry.

28/11/2022

London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is set to be expanded city-wide as part of the drive to tackle air pollution, the climate emergency and congestion.

25/11/2022

A fleet of over 700 electric bikes are set to hit the streets of Nottingham next Spring, the city council has confirmed.

24/11/2022

A youth bus has been launched by Enfield Council, offering a safe place for young people to gather with friends and supportive adults.

23/11/2022

A new think tank dedicated to exploring standardisation across hydrogen refuelling in the UK has been launched.

21/11/2022

Vision Techniques has been commissioned by Hartlepool Council to improve the safety of its fleet of 52 HGVs and passenger transport vehicles.

21/11/2022

Rochford District Council has taken delivery of some new refuse collection vehicles from their waste contractor Norse Group Ltd, following the launch of their partnership earlier this year.

21/11/2022

South Gloucestershire Council has launched a fleet of nine new gritters as part of a £1m investment to keep roads safe this winter.

18/11/2022

A £150m project to create the UK’s first all-electric bus city by 2025 has taken a major step forward with 50 new greener buses on the streets of Coventry.

18/11/2022

Trafford Council yesterday connected the first tranche of a planned 100 new charging bays – the biggest local authority roll-out in Greater Manchester.

17/11/2022

Keenan Recycling has invested in a 'game-changing' ERP waste management & recycling software system to digitise its business.

16/11/2022

West Sussex County Council has welcomed government funding of up to £1.8m to help fund 450 on-street chargepoints and 100 in public car parks.

15/11/2022

Campaigners have warned the chancellor that the country ‘cannot afford’ to lose more bus routes and called for more cash support, including targeted funding for councils that missed out on recent funding to improve bus services.

11/11/2022

Welwyn Hatfield in Hertfordshire is the best performing local authority in terms of recording the highest percentage growth in public charging provision per 100,000 people, according to new research.

09/11/2022

The Government should improve the way transport projects are funded as the current system of local authorities bidding for capital funding is 'costly and inefficient', according to a new report.

08/11/2022

Up to 470 electric vehicle charge points per week must be installed across the North by 2030 to meet decarbonisation ambitions, a new report has said.

08/11/2022

Northumberland County Council has invested in a rapid road repairer following a successful trial of the machine.

08/11/2022

The AA has warned that England’s local road network ‘cannot take another round of cuts’ after official figures showed that a third of English councils' B and C roads were rated in amber or red condition in the last year.

04/11/2022

The UK new car market recorded a third month of growth in October, with registrations rising by more than a quarter (26.4%) thanks in large part to hybrid and battery electric vehicles, new figures reveal.

03/11/2022

New data has revealed that electric vehicles (EV) owned by Oxford Direct Services (ODS) have been charged for 7,185 hours over a one-year period – equal to 299 days in total.

02/11/2022

Portsmouth City Council has partnered with waste collection specialist Biffa to trial hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in its fleet in an effort to put the brakes on the council’s use of diesel.

02/11/2022

Wakefield Council is set to replace petrol and diesel cars and vans with electric vehicles in a bid to reduce the local authority’s carbon emissions.

02/11/2022

Local authority chiefs have urged the Government to introduce a clear policy and investment framework that can help councils measure and reduce carbon emissions.

28/10/2022

North Northamptonshire Council is proposing to install on-street electric vehicle charging points at 21 new sites across the region.

28/10/2022

Zero-emission HGV manufacturer Electra Commercial Vehicles and Guest Truck & Van have signed a sales distribution agreement, which sees Electra's trucks becoming a standard element of the distributor's product offering.

25/10/2022

Powys County Council has warned residents that difficulties in recruiting HGV drivers and a rise in COVID cases are causing ‘significant disruptions’ to waste and recycling collections.

25/10/2022

Nottingham City Transport’s first zero-emission electric single deck buses will soon hit the city’s streets thanks to a multi-million-pound investment by the transport operator.

24/10/2022

Local authorities are set to double the number of electric vehicle (EV) charging points they install over the next 12 months, according to new data released today.

21/10/2022

The expansion of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) a year ago has generated an estimated £93.6m of additional revenue from drivers of non-compliant vehicles.

20/10/2022

Lunaz Applied Technologies (LAT) has finalised the hill-climb component of an extensive testing programme of its Upcycled Electric Vehicles (UEVs) at the test and development facility, Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedfordshire, UK.

19/10/2022

Hounslow Council have added four new Glutton H2O cleaning machines to the estate management fleet.

19/10/2022

The Highland Council will be running a pilot project to expand its in-house school transport provision.

18/10/2022

Vehicle graphics provider, EPIC Media Group, has signed a three-year contract as a preferred supplier for the waste management specialists, Biffa.

18/10/2022

Gloucestershire County Council is set to launch its £1.35m rural minibus pilot to deliver more transport options in the county’s most rural areas.

17/10/2022

Municipal vehicle hire company CTS Hire has joined forces with RH Commercial Vehicles (RHCV) to add two brand new all-electric Renault Trucks 26-tonne refuse collection vehicles (eRCV’s) to its rental fleet.

14/10/2022

Leicester City Council has launched the UK’s longest electric circular bus route, which is the fifth new service to be launched using the new council-owned electric buses.

13/10/2022

The automotive and energy developer First Hydrogen has announced that its first zero emission light commercial vehicles (LCVs) have been certified legal on British roads by the Vehicle Certification Authority.

13/10/2022

Buckinghamshire Council has reported a 52% reduction of its fleet’s CO2e emissions over the last two years.

13/10/2022

Warrington Borough Council has become the first local authority in the UK to produce all of its own electricity with the completion of a new hybrid solar farm.

12/10/2022

Sustainable waste and recycling firm Biffa has launched a new health and safety platform that will be a ‘game-changer’ in how it manages risk.

11/10/2022

Gloucestershire County Council has installed its first charging points and taken delivery of six new electric vehicles.

10/10/2022

JCB has struck a major new deal with Dawsongroup, a leading commercial asset supplier, for six of their pothole fixing machines to help tackle Britain’s nine-year backlog of road repairs.

10/10/2022

North Yorkshire County Council has added two electric-bodied gritters to their fleet in preparation for winter.

07/10/2022

Vision Techniques has installed their safety equipment on waste recycling specialist Recycling Lives’ new electric skip transporter trucks.

07/10/2022

Municipal vehicle hire company CTS Hire has expanded its fleet with the arrival of four new 26t refuse collection vehicles (RCVs).

07/10/2022

Derry City and Strabane District Council estimates an additional cost of up to £560,000 to pay for the fuel needed to run its fleet of vehicles.

06/10/2022

Residents in Cambridge have been reminded of the importance of disposing of batteries responsibly after a fire in the back of a bin lorry this morning.

03/10/2022

Blaby District Council’s fleet have had up to 90% of their emissions wiped with the move to alternative fuel.

29/09/2022

Waste recycling specialist Recycling Lives has begun zero tailpipe emissions skips services with the UK’s first 100% electric skip transporter trucks.

28/09/2022

Aebi Schmidt’s hugely acclaimed eSwingo all-electric compact sweeper scooped the award for Excellence in Innovation at this year’s RWM and Let’s Recycle Awards.

28/09/2022

The first eCollect has hit the streets of Bradford after the electric refuse collection vehicle was successfully trialled earlier this year.

28/09/2022

Bury Council has taken delivery of 10 new vehicles as part of its £10m fleet renewal programme.

27/09/2022

Veolia, in partnership with Westminster City Council, have rolled out their new fleet of electric street cleansing bikes in time for World EV Day.

27/09/2022

Waste collection staff in Exeter have been praised for acting quickly to prevent a serious bin lorry fire last week when they noticed smoke coming from the back of their vehicle.

26/09/2022

The cost to charge an electric car on a pay-as-you-go basis at a publicly accessible ‘rapid’ charger has increased by 42%, the RAC reports.

23/09/2022

Three-quarters of electric vehicle owners say that they are dissatisfied with the charging infrastructure available, new research has revealed.

22/09/2022

The UK’s first custom-built, hydrogen-fuelled waste collection vehicle has arrived in St Helens Borough, ahead of its integration into the council’s fleet.

22/09/2022

A trial to power eight of South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge City’s bin lorries using biofuels has taken place – cutting their net carbon emissions by 90%.

22/09/2022

First Bus Scotland is to spend £35m on 74 new electric buses and infrastructure, taking emission free buses in Aberdeen to more than 50% of the city’s fleet.

21/09/2022

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) is set to acquire three new and more modern specialist vehicles.

08/09/2022

Teignbridge District Council has decided to extend its current contract hire arrangement with Specialist Fleet Services Ltd (SFS) to continue their two-decade long partnership.

08/09/2022

Slough Borough Council’s scrutiny committee is today discussing a proposal to move to alternate weekly collections of rubbish and recycling bins.

05/09/2022

Nottingham City Council has ordered seven fully electric eSwingo compact sweepers from Aebi Schmidt as it works towards its target of becoming the UK’s first carbon neutral city.

02/09/2022

Around 100 waste workers employed by Bath and North East Somerset council are set to receive a 10% pay rise.

01/09/2022

Go-Ahead’s largest electric bus operator, Go-North East, has taken delivery of nine Voltra electric buses to expand its fully electric bus fleet in the North East region.

01/09/2022

First Bus has placed one of the UK’s largest electric vehicle (EV) bus orders following successful bids with local authorities to a Government scheme aimed at promoting the roll-out of zero emission buses.

31/08/2022

Northumberland County Council today announced it is trialling a Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in one of its refuse vehicles as a cleaner alternative to diesel.

31/08/2022

A pilot demonstration for a set of drone and electric van freight trials was successfully completed at the science, technology and business community Milton Park, Oxfordshire County Council has confirmed.

30/08/2022

National food waste recycling business, Keenan Recycling, will be unveiling a first-of-its-kind hybrid vehicle at RWM & Letsrecycle Live this September in Birmingham.

30/08/2022

Six bin lorries in Stockport will run on solar power thanks to a link-up with a leading technology company.

25/08/2022

A custom-made crane vehicle to empty underground bins has gone to work with Spelthorne Direct Services Ltd (SDS) the commercial waste arm of Spelthorne Borough Council.

24/08/2022

HGV training specialist HGVC has been appointed by four local councils to help address driver shortages for local authorities across the country.

24/08/2022

A multi-million-pound electric vehicle (EV) charge point pilot looks set to deliver an estimated 1,000 new chargers across the country.

23/08/2022

Residents in Epping Forest have been forced to put up with missed waste and recycling collections because of the HGV driver shortage and vehicles ‘prone to breakdowns’, the district council says.

22/08/2022

Renault Trucks has welcomed the announcement that they will be Electric Commercial Vehicle Sector Lead for World EV Day 2022.

22/08/2022

Research by the AA has revealed huge gaps across the UK where there is little to no residential on-street electric vehicle charging, with government schemes making limited progress.

19/08/2022

A waste management company has been fined £190,000 after a contractor died when he fell seven metres while carrying out maintenance work.

18/08/2022

Fleet tech experts Digital INNK has said it will freeze its prices for the next 12 months to help fleet companies manage the challenges of rising energy costs and is asking other tech companies to follow its example.

16/08/2022

Hako Machines UK has welcomed Cyril Johnston as a distributor of its world class cleaning machines for Northern Ireland in a new partnership.

15/08/2022

Outline planning approval has been granted for City of Wolverhampton Council’s redevelopment of a wholesale market site to deliver a city centre living scheme and the new home of the council’s fleet services operation.

15/08/2022

Exeter’s solar farm and battery storage facility will soon be powering the city’s electric fleet of vehicles, the local authority has announced.

11/08/2022

Waste workers in 15 councils across Scotland will walk-out for a week this month in protest over the 'pitiful' 2% pay offer.

10/08/2022

Blackburn with Darwen Council’s executive board has approved a £1.3m fleet replacement programme to replace ageing and hired vehicles.

10/08/2022

The Scottish government has launched a £500,000 scheme aimed at helping local authorities and smaller operators work towards a zero-carbon bus sector.

08/08/2022

Midlands Connect has launched a new electric vehicle planning tool which they argue will ‘revolutionise’ the installation of public charging points.

08/08/2022

Independent waste management company Bywaters has put its first eCollect to work on collection rounds in Central London as it begins its journey towards acquiring an all-electric fleet of collection vehicles.

05/08/2022

Swansea Council is pushing ahead with its plans to operate a whole new generation of electric vehicles.

04/08/2022

A new fleet of 33 Dennis Eagle refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) has been put to work in the very neighbourhood in which they were built, the manufacturer has announced.

03/08/2022

Only 14% of local authorities in the UK have a dedicated resource for implementing a new electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, EV charging experts warn.

02/08/2022

Vehicle technicians employed by City of Wolverhampton Council are among the first in the UK to complete a new scheme training them for electric vehicle maintenance.

01/08/2022

The long-running dispute between Coventry council and local bin lorry drivers has now ended with a pay rise for the drivers worth up to 12.9%.

29/07/2022

Hampshire County Council has managed to reduce the emissions of its fleet by over 1,200 tonnes thanks to a scheme trialling Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO).

27/07/2022

Birmingham City Council is trialling its first eCollect in a bid to combat climate change and air pollution.

25/07/2022

UK fleet technology and software solutions company Fleetclear has launched the latest version of its anti-roll away and driver ID solution for commercial vehicles.

25/07/2022

Waste collection vehicle hire specialists, Fiveways Group, has completed the delivery of seven new 26 tonne refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) to Urbaser Ltd.

25/07/2022

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has for the first time ordered a fleet of refuse collection vehicles entirely made up of Dennis Eagle and Terberg products, including the new Elite+ cab.

22/07/2022

Labour has warned that a wave of bus service cuts will hit the country this summer as COVID support funding ends, and has written to transport secretary Grant Shapps calling for action.

22/07/2022

Refuse workers in Sandwell MBC have called off a planned strike due to start next week after accepting a 9% pay increase and securing additional annual leave.

21/07/2022

A sweeper converted to run on hydrogen dual-fuel has achieved daily diesel displacement rates nearing 50% for Aberdeen City Council.

21/07/2022

Residents across Bedford will benefit from quick grocery deliveries as part of a pilot project between Bedford Borough Council and Starship Technologies.

20/07/2022

Wakefield Council is trialling an electric bin wagon over the next 12 months to assess and understand its performance in different scenarios.

20/07/2022

Highland Council has awarded a £58m contract to Viridor for the treatment and disposal of residual waste.

18/07/2022

Councils across the country will be collecting bins, garden waste and recycling an hour earlier over the next two days to limit staff exposure to high temperatures.

14/07/2022

Almost half (46%) of local authorities in England have yet to set a date for when they expect their vehicles to be electric, new research has found.

13/07/2022

A more cohesive approach to accelerating the uptake of zero emission vehicles across the UK’s city regions is vital if decarbonisation targets are to be achieved, a new report argues.

12/07/2022

A new 5MW-class hydrogen energy initiative could be developed in Bridgend after the council signed a memorandum of understanding with Japanese green energy specialists Marubeni.

12/07/2022

Whitespace, the leading provider of waste management software to local authorities and the public sector, has become the UK’s first tech provider to offer users a fully automated system for managing missed bins and help them realise the associated operational and environmental benefits.

11/07/2022

St Albans City and District Council and its waste contractor Veolia are trialling an eco-friendly recycling vehicle with high-tech safety equipment.

07/07/2022

Gloucestershire County Council is moving forward with plans to install 1,000 on-street electric vehicle (EV) charging points over the next three years.

06/07/2022

Licence Check has been officially confirmed in the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) annual figures as the UK’s leading provider of licence checking services, taking the number one spot for the first time in its history.

06/07/2022

Traffic management vehicle supplier Blakedale has been acquired by Northgate Vehicle Hire at an initial cost of £11m.

05/07/2022

Scarborough Borough Council today announced a new biofuel trial as part of its effort to cut its fleet vehicle emissions.

05/07/2022

Oxford City Council and partners today officially opened what is billed as Europe’s most powerful electric vehicle (EV) charging hub.

04/07/2022

North Yorkshire County Council is working on a new climate change strategy that will look at decarbonising its highways fleet and offering electric vehicle pool cars to its staff.

30/06/2022

East Lothian Council has appointed Blackburn-based Vision Techniques to install a range of safety equipment to its latest addition of six new Dennis RCV vehicles.

30/06/2022

Magtec, the designer, manufacturer and integrator of drive systems for electric and hybrid vehicles, is heading a Government-backed project to accelerate the adoption of zero emission trucks for NHS Wales and to support uptake across the UK.

30/06/2022

The second fully electric refuse collection vehicle to collect waste from residents in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire has hit the streets, as local authorities continue their fleet decarbonisation drive.

30/06/2022

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is reducing the number of general waste collections it offers as part of the effort to cut carbon emissions and increase the rate of recycling.

28/06/2022

Exeter is set to welcome three new electric refuse collection vehicles as part of the local authority’s efforts to reduce the levels of noise and air pollution in the city.

27/06/2022

Waste collection vehicle hire specialists, Fiveways Group, has announced that it will be donating all the revenue generated from the hire of the company’s brand-new Dennis vehicle to Alzheimer’s Society.

23/06/2022

A hydrogen demonstrator project that could see the generation of clean fuel for council fleet vehicles could bring an investment of £26m into Bridgend county in Wales, according to the local authority.

23/06/2022

Local authorities in West Sussex are celebrating the largest-ever local authority roll-out of electric vehicle (EV) charging points in the UK.

23/06/2022

The Scottish Government has confirmed an additional £25.7m to extend recovery funding for the country’s bus sector but the current support scheme will end in October.

22/06/2022

Portsmouth City Council’s domestic household waste and recycling collection service is set to be delivered in house following a cabinet decision yesterday.

21/06/2022

Electric vehicle charging experts SWARCO Smart Charging has signed a new partnership agreement with Cornwall Council to supply, install, maintain, and operate electric vehicle (EV) charge points throughout the county.

17/06/2022

Pupils in remote parts of Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland could soon have their school meals delivered by drone.

17/06/2022

Liverpool City Council is to consider beginning consultations on the installation of underground bins in an effort to clear streets of black bags and litter.

16/06/2022

Enfield Council has finalised an order for its first four fully electric Renault Trucks E-Tech D26T Low Entry Cab refuse trucks which are due to go into operation later this year.

16/06/2022

Over 20% of drivers admit to regularly leaving their engines running while their vehicle is stationary despite the impact this has on air quality, new research has revealed.

15/06/2022

Cabinet councillors at Lewes District Council have put the seal on plans that will lead to a new fleet of ultra-low emission refuse and recycling vehicles by 2030.

14/06/2022

Wales’ first electric powered recycling truck has joined Conwy County Borough Council’s fleet of vehicles.

14/06/2022

The Government is today closing the plug-in grant for cars and says the focus will now be on expanding the public charge point network.

14/06/2022

Blaby District Council has said it was left ‘very impressed’ after a successful trial of an electric road sweeper.

13/06/2022

Local and regional policymakers must consider the air quality impact of net zero policies to save billions of pounds and to avoid another ‘dieselgate scandal’, a new report has said.

09/06/2022

A new model of the all-electric eCollect refuse collection vehicle designed for collection rounds in urban areas has been launched by Dennis Eagle.

09/06/2022

Drivers in Bath can use 30 new electric charging points following the expansion of the Revive vehicle charging network across Bath and North East Somerset.

08/06/2022

A public charge point operator has warned of a more than £1.5bn shortfall in Government electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure funding and called on the private sector to step in.

08/06/2022

Vision Techniques has completed a project with Clackmannanshire Council that sees the company provide a full suite of road safety systems for the council’s latest DAF gully tanker.

08/06/2022

Leading fleet solutions provider Innovative Safety Systems Ltd (ISS) is bringing together its technology and software services under one new company brand – Fleetclear.

08/06/2022

HGV drivers in Coventry have voted to renew their strike mandate and continue industrial action into the summer over a pay dispute with the city council.

07/06/2022

Residents are being given the chance to name Reading’s food waste collection trucks, with a competition launched today.

07/06/2022

An old milk float in poor condition and destined for scrappage has been given a new lease of life as part of ODS’ growing electric vehicle fleet.

07/06/2022

Two councils have seen their fuel protest injunction extended until May 2023 to prevent protestors blocking roads and vehicles.

06/06/2022

UK light commercial vehicle (LCV) registrations recorded their fifth consecutive month of decline in May, falling -25.1% to 22,000 units, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

06/06/2022

The number of the most polluting vehicles entering Birmingham city centre has fallen by more than half since the Clean Air Zone was introduced a year ago, the council has reported.

01/06/2022

Biffa has been appointed as the Official Waste Management and Recycling Provider for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

31/05/2022

Construction technology provider Causeway Technologies has acquired Yotta, which provides councils with software for refuse collection services.

30/05/2022

Industrial action affecting Rugby Borough Council’s waste and street cleaning services is set to end today as the council and Unite reach an agreement.

26/05/2022

Cherwell District Council’s waste and recycling depot in Banbury has been refitted with air source heat pumps and innovative batteries as part of a project to slash the local authority’s carbon emissions.

26/05/2022

A cabinet councillor has hailed plans to replace all the diesel powered waste and recycling lorries, as a ‘game changer’ in the drive to become carbon neutral by 2030.

26/05/2022

An estimated 600 tonnes of carbon emissions will be saved after plans to transition Broxtowe Borough Council’s vehicle fleet to biofuel were given the green light.

24/05/2022

More than half of van owners say they are discouraged from switching to an electric van due to a lack of charge point infrastructure, according to new research.

24/05/2022

Workshop equipment experts Totalkare have introduced a unique, all-in-one packaged solution for fleet operators and repair specialists alike.

23/05/2022

A consultation on plans to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to cover almost the whole of London has been launched as part of the effort to improve air quality and reduce traffic congestion across the capital.

20/05/2022

A merger of the waste management companies Veolia and Suez could lead to a loss of competition and an increase in costs for local authorities, regulator warns.

19/05/2022

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s cabinet has approved the purchase of a new fully-electric refuse collection vehicle (eRCV) as part of its fleet replacement programme.

19/05/2022

The industry-led consortium Flexible Plastic Fund today launched the biggest ever flexible plastic collection and recycling pilot seen in the UK.

18/05/2022

Drivers of electric vehicles will soon be able to top up their batteries at 22 new park and charge sites in Banbury and Kidlington.

17/05/2022

Peterborough City Council has purchased five new Swingo 200+ compact sweepers from Aebi Schmidt for its 10-strong Streetcare sweeper fleet after going out to tender for replacement vehicles.

17/05/2022

UK heavy goods vehicle (HGV) registrations declined by -2.3% to 9,837 registrations in the first quarter of 2022, according to new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

17/05/2022

Somerset West and Taunton (SWT) Council has launched a new round of grant funding to support the installation of electric vehicle charge points (EVCPs) across the district.?

16/05/2022

Mansfield District Council has smashed targets it set for glass recycling three years ahead of schedule and within a year of starting free kerbside collections.

13/05/2022

Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide is running a huge road test of its Robo Street Sweeper, the country’s first mass-produced and purpose-built self-driving sweeper.

13/05/2022

Plans to introduce a clean air zone (CAZ) in Newcastle and Gateshead are to be postponed to allow more time for people and businesses to get ready.

12/05/2022

An analysis of Department for Transport (DfT) figures has revealed that public money spent on installing off-street residential electric vehicle (EV) chargers is over 15 times what has been spent on public on-street residential chargers.

12/05/2022

Transport minister Trudy Harrison today revealed over £200m of Government funding will be injected into a zero emission road freight demonstrator programme.

12/05/2022

Specialist transport provider, The HATS Group, which provides over two million passenger movements a year, has selected the award-winning DAVIS solution from Licence Check to meet all its driver compliance requirements as the business grows because of the Covid pandemic.

12/05/2022

More than 100,000 extra tonnes of rubbish was sent to landfill during lockdown, the latest figures reveal as Government misses 50% recycling target.

11/05/2022

Waste management company FZUK Ltd has been awarded the silver accreditation from the Investors in People scheme.

10/05/2022

Brighton & Hove City Council will be voting this week on plans to procure four electric powered side-loading RCVs worth £2.4m.

09/05/2022

Funding and legislative support is required to enable hydrogen combustion to play an important role in fuelling vehicles in the future, hydrogen trade association says.

09/05/2022

Anglesey Council is supporting the future development of electric recycling collection vehicles across the UK as it steps up its own efforts to become net zero by 2030.

09/05/2022

Wealden District Council has appointed a provider to boost public electric vehicle charging availability in the district.

06/05/2022

City of Wolverhampton Council has submitted an outline planning application for a scheme that will see the council’s depot move as part of a wider transformation of fleet services.

06/05/2022

Last month saw a record number of new charging devices installed across the UK bringing the total number of charge points to over 30,000.

06/05/2022

UK light commercial vehicle (LCV) registrations declined to 21,597 units in April, down -29.1% year-on-year, according to the latest figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

04/05/2022

Lichfield District and Tamworth Borough councils have brought in a new fleet of refuse vehicles to collect paper and card separately from other dry mixed recyclables such as glass, tins, and plastic.

04/05/2022

Recycling and waste management company, Mr. Binman has opted to install live camera technology from CameraMatics across its fleet of waste collection vehicles to protect its drivers, crew and other road users.

29/04/2022

Nottingham City Council is inviting businesses to test-drive a new electric van before taking a fully-funded one-month trial.

28/04/2022

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed he will make an announcement about the legalisation surrounding e-scooters in next month’s Queen’s Speech.

28/04/2022

Broadland District Council and Veolia have announced the launch of a new contract for all waste collection services which includes a fleet entirely powered by Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO).

27/04/2022

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) does not have the data it needs to assess the scale of waste crime in England and the incentives for criminals to enter the waste market have increased, auditors say.

26/04/2022

A Doncaster woman and her partner pleaded guilty yesterday to a shocking and violent assault on a SUEZ recycling and recovery collection crew.

26/04/2022

Northumberland County Council has unveiled its new fleet of greener road cleaning machines.

26/04/2022

Campaigners have joined forces and written an open letter to call for e-scooters to be legalised across the UK in order to dramatically improve safety.

26/04/2022

Electric cargo bikes will be used in a two-month pilot scheme by the Isle of Wight Council for its internal mail runs.

25/04/2022

Refuse, recycling and street cleansing workers at Rugby BC are among the council employees who will walk out on strike this week.

25/04/2022

A new fleet of ultra-modern Dennis Eagle RCVs has started work in Gloucester with Ubico, after the city council became the eighth local authority shareholder of the environmental services company.

25/04/2022

Hydrogen-powered bin lorries are to take to the streets in South Derbyshire as part of a trial to help the local authority reach net zero.

25/04/2022

The UK’s first full-sized autonomous bus will take to the roads of Scotland for the first time this week as live testing begins for project CAVForth.

21/04/2022

A plan to replace ageing council vehicles with modern and electric alternatives will save money and cut emissions by nearly 100 tonnes every year, says St Helens Borough Council.

21/04/2022

Geotab Inc., a leader in IoT and connected transportation and SureCam, a leading provider of connected dash cameras and fleet management solutions, have partnered to bring a new generation of video and telematics capabilities to fleet operators.

21/04/2022

The long-running Adur and Worthing bin strike has ended after a new pay deal was reached with the local authority.

21/04/2022

The majority of electric vehicle (EV) drivers use public charge points with 40% using them once a week, a new survey has revealed.

21/04/2022

Newcastle City Council has warned of a spike in wheelie bin fires which has cost local taxpayers over £3,000.

20/04/2022

Canterbury Environment Company (Canenco), which was launched in 2021 to transform the city’s services and secure more flexibility and control, has partnered with fleet safety specialist, Contel to improve operational efficiency and traceability.

19/04/2022

The Department for Transport has published a toolkit to help local authorities transition their fleets away from diesel and petrol.

14/04/2022

Refuse Vehicle Solutions (RVS) has successfully delivered the second electric conversion of a Dennis Twin Pack refuse collection vehicle to Islington Council.

13/04/2022

North Northamptonshire Council has taken delivery of an interim fleet of 30 vehicles to carry out the local authority’s new 'in-house' waste, recycling, street cleansing and grounds maintenance service.

12/04/2022

Electric vehicle (EV) charging specialist GreenFlux has signed a roaming agreement with Osprey Charging Network, opening the UK rapid-charging network to nearly 90,000 EV drivers.

11/04/2022

Waste crews in South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse will use an electric waste truck for the first time over the next few weeks.

11/04/2022

The Government has proposed banning local authorities from charging for the disposal of DIY waste from households.

08/04/2022

Motor industry representatives have urged the Government to do more to tackle the ‘unprecedented skills shortages’ the sector currently faces.

08/04/2022

The Government has launched a consultation on the design of the UK’s zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate for cars and vans.

08/04/2022

Bassetlaw District Council is one step closer to being able to transition its fleet to electric vehicles (EV) thanks to the installation of its new charging points.

07/04/2022

Veolia has launched the world's largest biorefinery project producing CO2-neutral bio-methanol from a pulp mill located in Finland.

07/04/2022

Only a quarter of local authorities in the UK have published electric vehicle (EV) transition strategies, a freedom of information (FOI) request has revealed.

06/04/2022

Derby City Council has replaced the Swingo 200+ compact sweepers from Aebi Schmidt on its street cleansing fleet with three, brand new Swingos on a like-for-like basis.

05/04/2022

The Government has announced a raft of local transport cash allocations but the news was overshadowed by angry local reactions, notably from South Yorkshire Mayor Dan Jarvis who exclaimed: 'We have been shafted'.

05/04/2022

A Warwickshire council has been forced to step up security at depots following attempted fuel thefts.

04/04/2022

Ubico has taken over Gloucester City Council’s waste service and has ordered a number of electric vehicles to help deliver the local authority’s green commitments.

04/04/2022

England’s councils have been urged to introduce incentives for people to give up private vehicles to help increase the use of shared transport.

01/04/2022

Sheffield City Council has announced that the launch of its Clean Air Zone (CAZ) will be delayed until 2023.

01/04/2022

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has written to local authority chief executives to launch a pilot £10m bidding scheme to boost local EV infrastructure.

31/03/2022

New ways to power street cleaning and waste and recycling collection vehicles are being trialled in Wychavon as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions.

30/03/2022

In a major boost to Greater Manchester’s net zero ambitions the combined authority has secured £35.8m in funding to introduce 170 green buses to the region.