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

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

Waste went up in flames when a fire broke out in a bin lorry after a lithium battery was thrown in North Warwickshire. It happened during an early morning collection round and left refuse collectors ...

Sajmir Beca was found in a commercial waste bin in Northampton last year The family of a man who died after he was crushed in the back of a refuse lorry after sleeping in a bin, say they still have ...

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. Sign up for the top news stories every ...

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