Peterborough's recycling centre has shut due to a bin lorry fire, the city council has said. Crews from Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to the site in Fengate just before midday.

Householders have been warned not to put batteries in their wheelie bins after one "exploded" in a refuse lorry. Firefighters from Grantham and Sleaford were called at 12:29 GMT to near Hill Top ...

A council is still sometimes having to mix separated recycling together in the back of a bin lorry. Rahim Mustafa, from Fairwater in Cardiff, noticed rubbish that had been separated into different ...

A FIRE that started in the back of a bin lorry may have been caused by a battery. A fire reportedly broke out in a bin lorry ...

Sleepy Walsall residents being woken up by noisy loud bin lorries pulling up outside their homes could become a thing of the past if the council goes electric. A trial of an electric bin lorry was ...