The UK Without Incineration Network has warned investors of the risk that gasification projects present with a briefing paper highlighting more than a dozen failed projects.

The directors of two waste companies in Swindon and North Wales have been banned and given suspended prison sentences after fires alerted authorities to their unpermitted sites.

Green City Solutions, a German start-up creating urban air purification installations, has beaten off five other circular companies to win this year’s Green Alley Award.

Plans to find an alternative location for Viridor and Grundon’s Lakeside incinerator have begun after the government’s announcement that it has approved a third runway at Heathrow.

Countrystyle Recycling is considering an appeal after it was fined £300,000 after a worker was injured while repairing a shredder.

Strike action among North Norfolk Council’s refuse and recycling collectors has been called off after last-minute talks between members of the GMB union and Kier Environmental Services.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new chair for the ESA, a new look for Viridor and a new range of 70 per cent bioplastics for Novamont.

Professor Margaret Bates, the new President of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, has prioritised action on waste prevention and reuse for the coming year, as a report on the state of reuse in the UK is launched at her inauguration.

All five of the waste treatment facilities operated by New Earth Solutions before its sale earlier this year have been acquired by PandaGreen Ltd, Ireland’s largest waste management company, as it seeks to move into the UK market.

A central figure in combating illegal waste at the Environment Agency, Mat Crocker is set to join waste consultancy firm 360 Environmental after stepping down from the government regulator.