Rubbish and recycling awaiting collection in the front garden of a house in London, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Health authorities across the U.K. have simplified COVID-19 testing requirements in a move designed to cut isolation times for many people. It may also ease the staffing shortages that are hitting public services from hospitals to garbage collection amid an omicron-fueled surge in infections. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)




Major changes are set to change the way bins will be collected across England due to new government rules on recycling.

What the government's changes to bin collections means for households

People living nearby to the site in Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire say it smells like rotten eggs or dirty nappies.

The smell forcing people to tape up their doors and buy air purifiers

The fire started at Dimmer near Castle Cary yesterday afternoon.

Fire at Somerset landfill creates huge smoke plume

A new Welsh tax on sending waste to landfill will include an especially high rate payable by people caught running or using illegal sites

New tax targets illegal waste dumping

The European Commission is taking legal action to close a landfill site with polluted groundwater connected to Wearside's water supply.

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What the government's changes to bin collections means for households

The smell forcing people to tape up their doors and buy air purifiers

Fire at Somerset landfill creates huge smoke plume

New tax targets illegal waste dumping

Campaign to close controversial landfill