A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new Director for Green Alliance, a refresh for Novelis’s ThinkCans site, new vehicles for FCC and Keep Britain Tidy Awards.

Staffordshire police say a fire that broke out at an illegal recycling centre on Sunday was started deliberately.

Lord’s has become the first cricket ground to be run on 100 per cent renewable energy and incorporate resource-efficient features into a new stand as statistics reveal the impact of climate change on the sport.

Waste management firm Biffa has announced the expansion of its hazardous waste offerings after its acquisition of Enviroco and PHS Group.

National anti-litter charity Keep Britain Tidy is campaigning to boost awareness of littering by bringing back well-known symbol, the Tidyman, sporting a new, updated look.

A pedestrian has been killed in a collision with a heavy goods vehicle at the paper mill of UPM Shotton in Deeside, North Wales.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is auctioning off a repossessed waste treatment facility that has lain unused for the past two years.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a Veolia community fund for London, a change of name for ACR+ and a new MRF in Leeds.

Environmental charities across England are to receive over £1.5 million after 26 businesses agreed to make donations in response to pollution charges brought by the Environment Agency.

Investigators are looking into what caused a fire that broke out at paper recycler UPM Shotton’s North Wales materials recovery facility in Deeside last night.