Residents are being reminded to dispose of lithium-ion batteries properly after a blaze in a bin lorry. Devon and Somerset Fire Service crews were called to Millwey Rise Industrial Estate in Axminster ...

Waste firm Biffa, which had a vehicle affected by a fire last year at Millwey Rise Industrial Estate, Axminster, said at the ...

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 ...

A Midland councillor was left "deeply concerned" after a lithium battery caught fire inside a bin lorry. The battery had been placed inside a household bin before it was emptied into a refuse truck ...

A Labour-led council has scrapped plans for a fleet of electric bin lorries after a trial found too many “faults” with the ...

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 ...

Firefighters were called to tackle a fire in a bin lorry in Jesmond on Wednesday lunchtime. The waste collection van in ...